Neil William McIntyre

Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. 

Name included on the All-Veterans Memorial State Capitol Grounds Bismarck North Dakota under the county of Williams. 

Memorialized at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. World War II Service # 37599734 Rank Private, U.S. Army Unit 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion Entered Service From North Dakota 

Date of Death April 8, 1945 

Buried Plot I Row 15 Grave 17 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands 

From the Register of North Dakota Veterans WWII and Korea page 964: MC INTYRE, NEIL W. SN 37 599 734; born Williston, NDak 29 Apr 26; resident Williams County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 20 Jul 44; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 8 Apr 45 Germany; PVT; burial place unk. 

From Fields of Honor database: MC INTYRE, Neil W Service number: 37599734 Age: 18 Born: 29 April 1926, Williston, Williams County, North Dakota Hometown: Williston, Williams County, North Dakota 

Family: Peter N. Mc Intyre (father) Odelia Mc Intyre (mother) John Mc Intyre (brother) Earl Mc Intyre (half-brother) 

Rank: Private: 

Machine Gunner Regiment: - Battalion: 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion Division Company: C Company 1st Platoon Security Section

Date of death: 8 April 1945 Status: DNB 

Place of death: In the vicinity of Warburg, Germany Spot: Not available 

Awards: Bronze Star 

Buried: Grave number: Plot I, Row 15, Grave 17 Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten 

Biography: - Other information: Pvt Neil William Mc Intyre enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 20 July 1944. He attended high school for 3 years. He arrived in England on 9 February 1945 and served in France, Belgium and Germany. On 7 April 1945, in the vicinity of Wehrden, Germany, Pvt Mc Intyre suffered a gunshot wound in the scrotum. At the time he was riding in an M20 armored car. The road was rough and Pvt Mc Intyre must have kicked a foreign make weapon which was lying on the floor of the M20, causing it to accidentally discharge and inflict the wound. Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Don Larson, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / 1940 Census, McIntyre, Neil W. (634th) – tankdestroyer - After Action Report 634th TDB, National Personnel Records Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet

Other Information from Fields of honor database:

Pvt Neil W. Mc Intyre had attended Williston High School for three years when he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 20 July 1944.

Sgt Donald A. Amundson who was riding in he same vehicle, stated th following about the incident that caused Pvt Mc Intyre's death: "At about 2100 on 7 April 1945 I was riding in an M-20 in convoy in the vicinity of Wehrden, Germany (this is Wehrden-Beverungen - note of FOHF) when I heard a small arms shot fired. Thinking that the machine gunner of the vehicle, who was Pvt Mc Intyre, was being fired upon by the enemy from the side of the road, I got out of the front seat and went to where he was sitting inside the turret ring. I asked him "Where are you hit-where is the pain?" He answered "In my stomach. I think I have to vomit". He next said "I Don't think I'm hit. I would like to move my bowels". That was quite impossible as we were moving.
Probably due to the shock he didn't know if he was hit. I opened his shirt and pants but could not see or feel any blood. He then complained of his testicles and he felt around them and sais he could find no blood. The column stopped and I got a flashlight from another vehicle and shined it over the area he said gave him pain, finally locating a small tear and blood on the bag of the testicles. I also noticed a gun laying at his feet with the barrel pointing at his tights. I asked, "Did you kick the gun and accidentally discharge it?" He answered that he thought he did. I then notified the Platoon Sergeant. Upon arriving at the town of Wehrden, Pvt Mc Intyre was taken to the aid station of the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry."

The surgeaon of the aid station, Capt Hiram W. Davis stated that he had a gun shot wound, penetrating the scrotum, with a possibility of entrance into the stomach. When asked how he had received this wound, he stated that he was traveling in an M-20. On top of a pile of equipment in this vehicle, he stated that there was a foreign make weapon, of a type that he had not previously seen? At the time, they were going over a bumpy road, and Pvt Mc Intyre stated that he believed that he might have hit the gun, and in so doing, caused the weapon to go off, and thus inflicting the wound. Mc Intyre was in serious condition and he was evacuated immediately to the 102nd Evacuation Hospital whitout waiting to draw up the usual statements which accompany an accidental shooting.

The 102nd Evacuation Hospital was stationed in Warburg at that time. A day after Pv Mc Intyre was wounded, he died in this hospital.