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Personal info

Full name
FLANNERY, James Gerard
Date of birth
20 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11119606
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
South of Jungersdorf, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 4 30

Immediate family

Members
James C. Flannery (father)
Ann E. Flannery (mother)
Catherine W. Flannery (sister)

More information

James G. Flannery attended Boston College.

He joined the US Army Reserve in Boston, Massachusetts on 11 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com - C. Flannery, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Massachusetts Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Boston College Veterans Memorial