Bernard McCoy

Rank:	Private
Street:	420 11th Street
Townland:
Town/Village:	West New York, New Jersey
Civil Parish:	Clonbroney
Catholic Parish:	Clonbroney
Country:	U.S.A.
Alternative Address:	Carrickathane, Ballinalee
Census 1901:	Carrickateane www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Lislea/Carrickateane/582662/
Census 1911:	Carrickateane www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Lislea/Carrickateane/1548910/
Regiment/Unit:	309th New York Infantry, Company F
Regiment Number:	1747065
Date of Death:
Cause:	Survived the war
Memorial:
Information:	Bernard was born in 1887 in Carrickathane, his birth was registered as 24 November 1887, but was likely around the 18 September; he generally gave his birth date as the 18 September 1888 in later documents, such as the WW2 draft register. Bernard is notable as a survivor of sinking of Titanic, along with his sisters Agnes and Alice. He enlisted in the US Army for war service on 3 April 1918 at Jersey City, and served in France. Unfortunately, he suffered a mustard gas attack and was later discharged from the army at Unit 4, Camp Dix, New Jersey on 12 June 1919. In his final years, Bernard was a resident of the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Bronx. He died in July 1945 and is interred in Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdall.
Parents Names:	Son of John McCoy and Bridget (née Cole), of Carrickateane, Ballinalee
Notes:
Links:	Link to Civil Record of Birth (please ensure web address ends in .pdf); The Longford & the Titanic Centerary commemoration;