Date of birth:

November 2nd, 1922 (Kittaning/Pennsylvania, United States)

Date of death:

July 20th, 2006 (Kittaning/Pennsylvania, United States)

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

15 February 1943: Induction
23 February 1943: Entry into active service
12 February 1944: Departure to England
24 February 1944: Arrival in England
9 July 1944: Landed in France
21 October 1944: Departure to USA
11 November 1944: Arrival in USA
9 January 1946: Honorable discharge at Ft George G. Meade Seperation Centre

Continental service: 2 years, 1 month, 17 days.
Foreign service: 9 months.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Corporal

Unit:

Company A, 1st Battalion, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory", U.S. Army

McGinnis recalls:
"Our radio man was killed and so someone told me I was next in line to carry the radio. On one day I had to deliver a message personally, not by radio, to an outfit that was just a few hundred yards away. There was heavy fighting and bullets were flying everywhere. I set off running toward the other company when suddenly I was hit. A bullet tore through my shoulder and left a big hole."

After two hours, a German soldier threw a hand grenade at McGinnis, who was hit by shrapnel. McGinnis was hospitalized for nine months at Army Hospital in Ft. Meade, where he was honorably discharged.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

1 campaign star: Rhineland campaign

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Corporal

Awarded on:

January 9th, 1946

• Photo 1: Adam E. McGinnis
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