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Personal info

Full name
CALLERY, James J
Date of birth
29 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31431007
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Geilenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 6 12

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Callery (father)
Anna Callery (mother)
Alice Callery (sister)
Francis Callery (brother)
Magdalene Callery (sister)
Margaret Callery (sister)
Joseph Callery (brother)
Rita Callery (brother)
Virginia Callery (brother)
Thomas Callery (brother)
Dorothy (Gentile) Callery (wife)
James T. Callery (son)
Edward Callery (son)

More information

Pvt James J. Callery enlisted on 21 January 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Laurie McAnespie (granddaughter), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 638th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Laurie Callery McAnespie (granddaughter)