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Personal info

Full name
MCKENNA, Owen Joseph
Date of birth
29 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33052543
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
704th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 34 20

Immediate family

Members
Patrick McKenna (father)
Margaret A. McKenna (mother)
Katherine McKenna (sister)
Margaret McKenna (sister)
Mary McKenna (sister)
Anna McKenna (sister)
Patrick F. McKenna (brother)

More information

Pfc Owen J. McKenna was a shoemaker before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 10 May 1941.

He died of an infection, caused by wounds from artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1930 Census, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com – Michael V Drachman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Joris Brouard