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Rolland Everett McNeal

Birth	:	19 Apr 1923
Death	:	31 Jan 1945
Burial	:	Hopeville Cemetery, Hopeville, Clarke County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9450000, -93.9870000
Plot	:	east #12-08
Description	:	He is buried beside his parents. Rolland died in Belgium of wounds received in action WWII. He served as PFC Co. F 359th Infantry. ROLLAND EVERETT MCNEAL, was the fourth child in the family. He was born on April 19, 1923, in Clarke County, Iowa, Doyle #4 Township. On September 16, 1944, Rolland was injured in France during the Rhineland Campaign in the European Theatre of Operation. He wrote a letter to his parents dated October 8, 1944, saying, "I thought I would write you another short letter and let you know I am getting along fine and... Read More	He is buried beside his parents. Rolland died in Belgium of wounds received in action WWII. He served as PFC Co. F 359th Infantry. ROLLAND EVERETT MCNEAL, was the fourth child in the family. He was born on April 19, 1923, in Clarke County, Iowa, Doyle #4 Township. On September 16, 1944, Rolland was injured in France during the Rhineland Campaign in the European Theatre of Operation. He wrote a letter to his parents dated October 8, 1944, saying, "I thought I would write you another short letter and let you know I am getting along fine and pray everyone back there is o.k. So you won't have to worry about me, cause they sure treat you nice here in the hospital." After being hospitalized for a time, he was returned to the front lines. Rolland had a premonition before going into service and told his brother, "I won't be coming back." Rolland was killed in action on January 31, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge. An article in a Des Moines newspaper in December 1944, states, "14 soldiers were listed today wounded in action." Earlier Thursday a list of 32 Iowans was announced by the War Department as wounded in action in Europe. Pvt. (fc) Rolland E. McNeal, Murray, was among those listed. Rolland McNeal was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, American Campaign Medal, European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with (4) Bronze Service Stars for the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Ardennes Alsace Campaigns, WWII Victory Medal, Sharpshooter Badge with rifle bar and 2 Purple Hearts — one for being wounded in action on September 16, 1944, the second for having made the "Supreme Sacrifice in Defense of His Country" on January 31, 1945. His body was not returned to the states until August 1948. Services were held at the Hopeville, Iowa Cemetery on August 9, 1948 at 7:00 p.m. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13).

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Rolland Everett McNeal's memorial is located at: Hopeville Cemetery, Hopeville, Clarke County, USA.
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Rolland Everett McNeal death on 31 Jan 1945 in
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Latitude: 40.9450000
Longitude: -93.9870000

Family Members:

Parent

John Curtis McNeal

(1890 - 1982)

Gertrude Watkins McNeal

(1898 - 1980)

Siblings

Dorothy I Dinham

(1917 - 1999)

Anna May McNeal Guthrie

(1919 - 2014)

Harold Eugene McNeal

(1927 - 2008)

George L McNeal

(1929 - 1980)

PFC Myron Edward McNeal

(1932 - 1973)

Marilyn Joyce McNeal

(1939 - 1941)

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Coordinate: 40.9450000, -93.9870000

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Coordinate: 40.8670000, -94.0667000

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Coordinate: 41.0374985, -94.0357971

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Coordinate: 40.9047165, -94.1102295

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Coordinate: 40.9790001, -94.1429977

22. McKee Cemetery
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