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Personal info

Full name
HAGGART, John Mc Donald Jr "Jack"
Date of birth
14 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
11102750
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 13 15

Immediate family

Members
John M. Haggart (father)
Margaret Haggart (mother)
George E. Haggart (brother)

More information

Pvt John M. Haggart Jr. attended Hartford and Bulkely High Schools. He was employed at he Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Hartford, Connecticut on 24 November 1942.

According to available records, Pfc Haggart was taken prisoner and died the same day. At that time his unit was engaged in the fighting around La Gleize, Belgium. Further information about the exact circumstances and the place where he died is not available at this time.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org, Draft Registration Cards for Connecticut, 1940 - 1947, Hartford Courant, 4 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Chris Haggart (nephew)