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Personal info

Full name
SHANAHAN, Paul Francis
Date of birth
3 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11048296
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Siegfried Line, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 2

Immediate family

Members
William J. Shanahan (father)
Mary T. (McCarthy) Shanahan (mother)
Blanche D. Shanahan (sister)
William J. Shanahan (brother)
Eleanor M. Shanahan (sister)
Joan Shanahan (sister)
Mary T. Shanahan (sister)
Thomas A. M. Shanahan (brother)
Doris M. (Noonan) Shanahan (wife)
William J. Shanahan (son)

More information

Pfc Paul Shanahan was a driver before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / EbenTownes Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com