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Personal info

Full name
SCHUYLER, John Doherty Jr
Date of birth
28 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Hagaman, Montgomery County, New York
Hometown
Schenectady County, New York

Military service

Service number
32291339
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
68th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Bizory-Mageret, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John D. Schuyler (father)
Helen A. (Doherty) Schuyler (mother)
Ella E. Schuyler (stepmother)
Richard B. Schuyler (brother)
Catherine M. Schuyler (sister)
Florence H. Schuyler (sister)

More information

Sgt John D. Schuyler Jr. graduated from Mont Pleasant High School and Villanova college in 1939. He was employed at General Electric Company in Schenectady.

He enlisted in Albany, New York on 14 April 1942 and was sent overseas in February 1944.

Sgt Schuyler had previously been wounded in France in August 1944 and returned to action.

Source of information: Erwin Derhaag, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com,
www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.super6th.org - History of the 68th Tank Battalion, Villanova Falvey Memorial Library, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, Villanova Falvey Memorial Library, Schenectady County's Finest