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Personal info

Full name
MCGINLEY, Claude E
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Maine
Hometown
Winn, Penobscot County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31045354
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Fürth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 17 39

Immediate family

Members
James B. McGinley (father)
Clara C. McGinley (mother)
Joseph B. McGinley (brother)
Donald M. McGinley (brother)
Harold McGinley (brother)
Archie P. McGinley (brother)
Walter McGinley (brother)
Pauline McGinley (sister)
Unice McGinley (sister)
Robert L. McGinley (brother)
Ella McGinley (sister)
Pearl McGinley (sister)
Vivian V. McGinley (sister)
Lillian J. McGinley (sister)
Vinal B. McGinley (brother)
Dean C. McGinley (brother)
Janet F. McGinley (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Claude E. McGinley attended high school for four years and was a fireman before he enlisted in Portland, Maine on 15 October 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Capricorn 95 Maine

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