Private Newell C. McAteer

Title

Private Newell C. McAteer

Subject

World War II
United States. Army

Description

Pvt. Newell C. McAteer was killed on February 3, 1943 when his ship the USAT Dorchester was sunk by a German U-Boat off the coast of Greenland. Pvt. McAteer is listed on a memorial to those who died at sea in the Western Atlantic in Battery Park, New York. A photo of that memorial can be found at this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110844608/newell-c-mcateer.

The United States Army is currently looking for relatives of Pvt. McAteer and others for their DNA database, that list with the number to call can be found here: https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/assets/pdf/WWIIDNA.pdf

More information on the sinking of the Dorchester can be found at this site: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2KS6sfqM0fOU0hRd3dNZWc2TDQ/edit

Source

Find A Grave

Date

1943

Contributor

Tuscaloosa Public Library

Type

Hyperlink

Identifier

2080

Coverage

Lamar County (AL)