Service number: 36042935
Age: 25
Born: July 11, 1919, Christian County, Illinois
Hometown: Christian County, Illinois
Family: Aloysious James McLean (father)
Mary E. (nee Todt) McLean (mother)
Mary Catherine McLean (sister)
Diane E. McLean (sister)
Norman Joseph McLean
Maureen Juanita McLean/Millburg (sister)
Pauline McLean (sister)
Rank: Private
Function: Light Machine Gunner
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A Company
Date of death: 31 January 1945
Status: Read comments below
Place of death: Poland
Spot: 1/2 mile west of Stalag III-C, near Drzewica, Poland
Last known duty: Vicinity of Kijkuit and Castle Hattert, east of Overloon, the Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
★ Prisoner Of War
Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: July 21, 1941, Chicago, Illinois
Other information: The following taken from the 7th Armored Division archives.
He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Kijkuit and Castle Hattert, east of Overloon, the Netherlands on 4 October 1944.
Information reveals that the German guards forced the American and Russian Prisoners of War to leave Stalag III-C near the village of Drzewica, Poland on 31 January 1945. They had marched only a short distance when they were caught between Russian and German cross fire and were killed by gunfire from Russian tanks
*** There is a memorial marker for PVT. McLean at
Saint Maurice Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois, USA.
Memorial # 176235670. However, the death date may only be when the marker was placed there.
Service number: 36042935
Age: 25
Born: July 11, 1919, Christian County, Illinois
Hometown: Christian County, Illinois
Family: Aloysious James McLean (father)
Mary E. (nee Todt) McLean (mother)
Mary Catherine McLean (sister)
Diane E. McLean (sister)
Norman Joseph McLean
Maureen Juanita McLean/Millburg (sister)
Pauline McLean (sister)
Rank: Private
Function: Light Machine Gunner
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A Company
Date of death: 31 January 1945
Status: Read comments below
Place of death: Poland
Spot: 1/2 mile west of Stalag III-C, near Drzewica, Poland
Last known duty: Vicinity of Kijkuit and Castle Hattert, east of Overloon, the Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
★ Prisoner Of War
Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: July 21, 1941, Chicago, Illinois
Other information: The following taken from the 7th Armored Division archives.
He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Kijkuit and Castle Hattert, east of Overloon, the Netherlands on 4 October 1944.
Information reveals that the German guards forced the American and Russian Prisoners of War to leave Stalag III-C near the village of Drzewica, Poland on 31 January 1945. They had marched only a short distance when they were caught between Russian and German cross fire and were killed by gunfire from Russian tanks
*** There is a memorial marker for PVT. McLean at
Saint Maurice Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois, USA.
Memorial # 176235670. However, the death date may only be when the marker was placed there.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Illinois.
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