US PARAS Mackall, John Thomas (Tommy)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Mackall ​

• FORENAME

John Thomas (Tommy) ​

• UNIT

503 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

35281555 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

12th November 1942 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

buried Ohio ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Wellsville,Columbiana County,Ohio​

born 17.5.1920 Wellsville,Ohio​

brother of Gerald Mackall (KIA 7.7.1944 near St Lo,France)​

former 502 PIR​

WIA 8.11.1942 near Oran,Algeria (Op.Torch)​

DOW Gibraltar​

one of the first US paratroopers KIA in WW2​

Camp Mackall,Hoffman,North Carolina named after him​

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note​

503 PIR later became 509 PIR ​