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Personal info

Full name
SHEEHAN, Joseph John
Date of birth
5 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31360872
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dessau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 9 14

Immediate family

Members
Dagelin M. Sheehan (father)
Florence (Silvernail) Sheehan (mother)
Ann M. Sheehan (sister)
Helen J. Sheehan (sister)
Violet E. (Rhodes) Sheehan (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph J. Sheehan attended college and was a bus driver before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 9 June 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Lamb Family tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mr. Tom Lamb