John Wilbur McDougal

John W. McDougal

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

DOW 08/01/1944

John Wilbur McDougal was born on July 28, 1920, in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.

He was known as "Billy" or "Bill".

Prior to entering military service he was employed by the J.A. Kirven Company
in Columbus, Georgia.

He was drafted into the Army on September 30, 1942, at Fort McPherson, Georgia. His home of residence
was listed asMuscogee County, Georgia and his civilian occupation was listed as Decorators and Window Dressers.
He had completed one year of college and was married. His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant on May 22, 1943.

He was assigned to Company B as a Second Lieutenant and Platoon Leader on July 13, 1944.

Second Lieutenant John W. McDougal died on August 1, 1944 of wounds received in action in France on July 29, 1944
during Operation Cobra, the breakout from Normandy.

John W. "Bill" McDougal

Photo by MelanieMuse7 from Ancestry.com

John W. McDougal was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
La Cambe Cemetery, Isigny, France in Block AE Row 4 Grave 79 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, in the 1947-1949 time frame when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot: Plot E Row 17 Grave 30

Grave marker for John W. McDougal

Photo by Bradley Grantham from the Find A Grave website created by: CWGC/ABMC

29 April 2014

Normandy, France

My husband and I had the privilege of visiting the
American Cemetery in Normandy this past spring, and with
the gracious help of the staff were able to find
Bill McDougal's grave. It was a very moving experience,
especially so close to the 70th anniversary of D-Day (June 6).

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Top photo by Théophile Odaert from Facebook

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