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Personal info

Full name
DONAGHUE, Michael Francis
Date of birth
25 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31256350
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Jussarupt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 15 6

Immediate family

Members
Edward A. Donaghue (father)
Theresa A. (Ford) Donaghue (mother)
Gertruda T. Donaghue (sister)
Thomas E. Donaghue (brother)
Joseph A. Donaghue (brother)
Edward F. Donaghue (brother)
Mary E. Donaghue (sister)
John J. Donaghue (brother)
Eleanor Donaghue (sister)
Paul R. Donaghue (brother)
James R. Donaghue (brother)

More information

Michael F. Donaghue attended high school for four years and was a meat cutter.
He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 30 November 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight “Andy” Anderson / www.wwiimemorial.com - Mrs. Joseph Cote (sister)