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Personal info

Full name
PHELAN, Carmel John
Date of birth
8 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32165237
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Orscholz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 33 11

Immediate family

Members
John C. Phelan (father)
Mary G. Phelan (mother)
Jessie M. Phelan (sister)
Edward J. Phelan (brother)
Joan Phelan (sister)
Mary (Hinchliffe) Phelan (wife)
Mary K. (Hammel) Phelan (daughter)

More information

T/5 Carmel J. Phelan graduated from St. Joseph's High School and attended St. Peter's College. He was a sales clerk.

He enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 22 July 1941.

He was killed by rifle fire.

T/5 Phelan is remembered at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa, Passaic County, New Jersey.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mary K. Phelan-Hammel, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Vicki O., John McParland