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Personal info

Full name
FARREN, Joseph Aloysius
Date of birth
21 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-1548404
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Rochelinval, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 28 1

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Farren (father)
Thomas E. Farren (brother)

More information

1st Lt Joseph A. Farren was employed as a purchasing agent and boarding department supervisor at the Silkay Hosiery Mills.

He enlisted on 12 May 1941 and was stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. A year later he was graduated from the Officer's school in Aberdeen, Maryland. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the ordnance department. After a year at Aberdeen he volunteered for the paratroopers. He first saw action in the Pacific.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, NARA, WWIIMemorial, WW2Airborne, 551PIB, WWII Draft Card, The Morning Call - 25 January 1945, 1920 US Census

Photo source: Tjarco Schuurman, The Morning Call - 25 January 1945