William McDonald
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Serial: 32156855
Unit: U.S. Infantry
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Buried at: Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ (Plot F O 1772)
Awards: Purple Heart
William McDonald
Private First Class William McDonald, of Camden NJ, died of wounds received in action in France on August 3, 1944, during the fighting near St. Lo.
William McDonald was born on December 25, 1906. He had lived in Camden for 20 years before his induction into the United States Army, making his home with his brother Michael McDonald at 1122 Marion Street, and earning his living as a structural steel worker. He was inducted into the United States Army early in the war.
Private First Class McDonald was survived by his brother Michael, who was serving in the Army at the time. He also was survived by his mother and three brothers, Patrick, Thomas, and Leo, all who lived in Newfoundland, Canada. A mass was held for him at the Church of the Sacred Heart at Broadway and Ferry Avenue in Camden on December 16, 1944. He was brought home to New Jersey in the spring of 1948 and buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly NJ on May 25, 1948.
Mass to Be Sung for 12 Dead Heroes
Camden Courier-Post —
A Solemn Requiem High Mass for 12 sons of Newfoundland-American parents who died in the war will be celebrated tomorrow at 8 a. m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Broadway and Ferry avenue.
The Mass will be celebrated at the requests of the Newfoundland-American women’s auxiliary headed by Mrs. Agnes V. Kehoe, 1257 Whitman avenue. The men include a Bronze Star winner, the late Harold S. McLean, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McLean, Third and Chapel avenue, Merchantville, who was killed in France in June, 1944. He was awarded the decoration posthumously for meritorious service in combat.
One of the first South Jersey men to die in the war was Cpl. Frederick G. Corbett, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Corbett, 3725 King avenue, Pennsauken. Corbett was captured near Manila in the Philippines on Dec. 8, 1941. He died in an enemy prison camp in July, 1942. His parents recently were visited by Cpl. Herbert Black, Tutwiler, Miss., who was with Fredrick at the prison camp and assisted him in burial.
Pvt. George D. Flynn, 36, of 38 South Sussex street, Gloucester, died in June, 1944, of wounds received during action in France after 29 months service.
Edward F. Keenan, 312 Broadway, Gloucester, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keenan, was killed in Germany during November, 1944.
Pvt. Joseph V. Moore, 25, whose sister, Margaret, lives at 430 Penn street, was drowned in the Panama Canal.
Pvt. William McDonald, 34, son of Michael McDonald, 1110 Marion street, was killed in August, 1945, in France. His mother, Elizabeth, is living in Newfoundland.
Michael F. Mahoney, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Mahoney, 709 Morgan boulevard, was killed on Tarawa when the bomber of which he was a crew member exploded during a take-off. His widow, Anna, lives at 1234 Jackson street.
Daniel Skain, 19, of 3 Troy avenue, Bellmawr, was lost in October, 1944, when his destroyer was torpedoed in the Pacific.
Young Philomena Flynn will also be remembered in the Mass. S/Sgt. William Mahoney, 26, son of Mrs. Phillip McDonald, 2244 East Monmouth street, was killed on Luzon in May, 1945.
John Keating, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Keating, 2998 Chatham street, was killed in January, 1945, while serving with the Rainbow Division in France.
Vincent Rotchford, 24, of 2994 Chatham street, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rotchford, was killed while serving with the Army in the Pacific. He was employed at the New York Shipyard.
Cpl. Raymond Welsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Welsh, 2927 Weikel street, was killed in January, 1945, in Germany.
Services Tuesday For War Hero
Camden Courier-Post —
Pfc. William McDonald, formerly of 1122 Marion street, will be buried with military honors in the national cemetery at Beverly Tuesday.
Services for McDonald, who was killed in action at St. Lo, France, Aug. 3, 1944, will be held at his late home, Tuesday, at 8 a. m., with solemn requiem high Mass at the Sacred Heart Church at 9 a. m. Friends may call at the home Monday night, when a military guard of honor will be furnished by Post 980, VFW. McDonald, a structural steel worker, who lived in Camden for 20 years before his induction into the army, was 37 at the time of his death.
He is survived by a brother, Michael, with whom he lived at the Marion street address; his mother and three other brothers, Patrick, Thomas and Leo, all of whom reside in Newfoundland. Frank J. Leonard is in charge of the funeral arrangements.