John J. McKelvey

Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army

Serial Number: 32486636

Unit: Company H, 165th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division

Hometown: Collingswood, New Jersey

Died: July 2, 1944, Died of Wounds

Buried: Plot F-1754-F, Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, New Jersey

Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class John J. McKelvey was born on April 22, 1920. He had ties to New Castle, DE, and Collingswood, NJ. He died of wounds received in action on July 2, 1944. After the war, he was brought home to the United States, and buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, NJ on January 11, 1949. His name appears on the World War II War Memorial at Knight’s Park in Collingswood, NJ.