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Personal info

Full name
CARRIGAN, Horace E
Date of birth
1911
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42015950
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Gürzenich, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 10 24

Immediate family

Members
Lillian Carrigan (wife)
Henry Carrigan (son)
Catherine Carrigan (daughter)
Bryan Carrigan (son)

More information

Pvt Horace E. Carrigan attended St. John's High School and was employed by the General Machanics Company in Hawthorne as a painter.

He enlisted in August 1943 and trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina, Camp Shelby, Mississippi and Fort Meade, Maryland. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, Frank Toth, www.ancestry.com, 1940 Census, www.83rdinfdivdocs.org, The News Paterson, New Jersey - 10 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, The News Paterson, New Jersey - 10 January 1945