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Personal info

Full name
KENEALY, Joseph Michael
Date of birth
9 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
32116629
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 12 19

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Kenealy (father)
James Kenealy (brother)
John Kenealy (brother)
Francis Kenealy (brother)
Anne Kenealy (sister)
Mary Kenealy (sister)
Alice M. Kenealy (wife)
Thomas J. Kenealy (son)

More information

Pvt Joseph M. Kenealy attended Saudners Trade School and operated a service station with his brother, James.

He enlisted in Jamaica, New York on 28 April 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ben Himmelfarb - White Plains Public Library; The Herald Statesman - 1 February 1945, Armand en Nanda Vanhommerig - Henry Kenealy (grandson)