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Personal info

Full name
CURRAN, Jerome Frederick
Date of birth
23 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
South Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
South Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
12171421
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 56

Immediate family

Members
Louis J. Curran (father)
Gertrude M. Curran (mother)
Louis J. Curran (brother)
John L. Curran (brother)

More information

Pfc Jerome F. Curran attended high school for one year and was employed at the City of Meriden Engineering Department before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Troy, New York on 20 October 1942. He arrived in France on 9 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave, www.newspapers.com - Record Journal 5 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Meriden