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Personal info

Full name
FARRELL, Vincent James
Date of birth
3 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Woodstock, Ulster County, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32002889
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Baesweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 16 21

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Farrell (father)
Mary A. (Riley) Farrell (mother)
Charles F. Farrell (brother)
Bertram W. Farrell (brother)
Martin J. Farrell (brother)
Rita M. Farrell (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Vincent J. Farrell enlisted in New York City, New York on 22 January 1941. He was an elevator operator before he enlisted.

S/Sgt Farrell is remembered at the Saint Francis de Sales Cemetery in Elka Park, Greene County, New York on a family memorial marker.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Victoria Dolan Family Tree, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, David Luders