McGillis John Matthew

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John Matthew McGillis is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

755th And 763rd Railway Shop Battalion Plaque

Name:

John Matthew McGillis

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

37310647

Unit:

755th Railway Shop Battalion

Date of Death:

1944-12-25

State:

Minnesota

Cemetery:

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

John Matthew McGillis was born on June 21, 1921, in Duluth Heights, St. Louis County, Minnesota. He was the son of John Alexander McGillis and Gertrude Glenn McGillis.

John served in the 755th Railway Shop Battalion as a Private during World War II. He was killed on December 25, 1944, in an air raid or a V1 rocket attack during the Battle of the Bulge. He is now buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium. He also has a cenotaph located in Calvary Cemetery, Minnesota.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, The Norfolk and Western and World War II, Volume 36, Issue 4, page 2