Sgt. James M. McCauley (?-1944)
O'Brien County Bell, 18 Jan, 1950, p. 1
Returned For Burial
Sgt. James McCauley
[article accompanied by portrait photograph of Sgt. McCauley in uniform]
Full military honors and religious services will be conducted for Sgt. James M. McCauley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McCauley, who has been returned to this country for burial, after having lost his life in the service of his country on April 25, 1944, in Yugoslavia. Sgt. McCauley will be buried in the Rock Island National Cemetery at Rock Island, Illinois at 10:15 on Friday, January 20, along with other comrades who were returned to the United States at the same time. Mr. and Mrs. McCauley and Mr. and Mrs. Clay Edwards will leave here Thursday of this week to attend the services which will be conducted by veterans organizations and service personnel.
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O'Brien County Bell, 25 Jan, 1950, p. 5
Mrs. Andrew McCauley, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nicholson returned Friday from Rock Island, Ill., where they had attended the military services of Sgt. James McCauley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McCauley, which were held at the Rock Island National Cemetery on Friday, January 20. Others attending were Mrs. McCauley's sister, Mrs. Walter Anderson and daughter, Mrs. Robert Bowe of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Colby of Rock Island, Ill., parents of Mrs. Bob Nicholson.
Transcribed by Alan Nicholson
