Grave marker for William J.
McEneany in the Elmwood Cemetery, Great Barrington (Berkshire county),
Massachusetts.
1st Lt. McEneany transferred
from the 82nd Airborne Brigade on detached Service with Company D, 508th on
24 July 1944. On 18 August 1944 he was transferred to Service Company as the
Executive Officer.
On 4 January 1945 he was sent
to Company B which was then on the front line during the battle of The
Bulge. He probably served as a platoon leader and he was awarded the
CIB "for action during the campaign, 18 Dec 1944 to 20 Feb 1945." |