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2LT John Richard McNally

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2LT John Richard McNally Veteran

Birth
Death
2 Jun 1944 (aged 23)
France
Burial
Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Member of the crew:
2Lt. Robert E. Crouch.
2Lt. John R. McNally, Co-pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Robert E. Hybarger, KIA.
2Lt. Ralph J. Bradbury, KIA.
TSgt. John Poliak, Jr., KIA.
TSgt. Billy Tom Maxwell, Flight Engineer, KIA.
TSgt. Robert J. Michaels, KIA.
Sgt. Samuel A. Genco, Tail Gunner, KIA.
TSgt. George Ferguson.
SSgt. Ben M. Tureman.

Lt. McNally To Be Buried Friday

Funeral services for Lt. John McNally, 23, co-pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress, who was killed over France June 2, 1944, will be held Friday in Marcellus. The body will arrive in Marcellus tonight. Friends may call at the Uttley and Norris funeral home from 3 to 5 and 7 until 10 p.m. tomorrow. Services will be conducted the following day at 9 a.m. in the funeral home and at 9:30 a.. in St. Francis Xavier Church. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Lt. McNally was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. McNally, formerly of Marcellus, who now live in Pittsburgh, Pa. He entered service March 2, 1942, and after his commission as a pilot, he was assigned to the 390th Heavy Bombardment Group, 568th Squadron, Eighth Air Force. He was a graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, Pa., and attended Kiski Preparatory School and University of Pittsburgh prior to enlistment. Besides his parents, survivors are two brothers, William R. McNally of Detroit, Mich., and Paul T. McNally of Oswego. (Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY, Wednesday, October 27, 1948, p. 18, Col. 3)

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***I would like to thank Elton Gibb Find A Grave ID 49860930 for updating the rank information on this memorial***
Member of the crew:
2Lt. Robert E. Crouch.
2Lt. John R. McNally, Co-pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Robert E. Hybarger, KIA.
2Lt. Ralph J. Bradbury, KIA.
TSgt. John Poliak, Jr., KIA.
TSgt. Billy Tom Maxwell, Flight Engineer, KIA.
TSgt. Robert J. Michaels, KIA.
Sgt. Samuel A. Genco, Tail Gunner, KIA.
TSgt. George Ferguson.
SSgt. Ben M. Tureman.

Lt. McNally To Be Buried Friday

Funeral services for Lt. John McNally, 23, co-pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress, who was killed over France June 2, 1944, will be held Friday in Marcellus. The body will arrive in Marcellus tonight. Friends may call at the Uttley and Norris funeral home from 3 to 5 and 7 until 10 p.m. tomorrow. Services will be conducted the following day at 9 a.m. in the funeral home and at 9:30 a.. in St. Francis Xavier Church. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Lt. McNally was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. McNally, formerly of Marcellus, who now live in Pittsburgh, Pa. He entered service March 2, 1942, and after his commission as a pilot, he was assigned to the 390th Heavy Bombardment Group, 568th Squadron, Eighth Air Force. He was a graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, Pa., and attended Kiski Preparatory School and University of Pittsburgh prior to enlistment. Besides his parents, survivors are two brothers, William R. McNally of Detroit, Mich., and Paul T. McNally of Oswego. (Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY, Wednesday, October 27, 1948, p. 18, Col. 3)

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***I would like to thank Elton Gibb Find A Grave ID 49860930 for updating the rank information on this memorial***

Inscription

JOHN R McNALLY
PENNSYLVANIA
2 LIEUT 568 AAF BOMB SQ
WORLD WAR II
JAN 19 1921 JUN 2 1944

Gravesite Details

Link to parents provided by: Doug Nightingale, Jr (#47310649)



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