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Personal info

Full name
DUFFY, John D
Date of birth
22 February 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1323111
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Rothbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 27

Immediate family

Members
John T. Duffy (father)
Katherine (Stuppy) Duffy (mother)
Albert W. Duffy (brother)
Katherine M. Duffy (sister)
Mabel M. Duffy (sister)
Edward F. Duffy (brother)
Donald J. Duffy (brother)
Margaret L. Duffy (wife)
John Duffy (son)
Dennis Duffy (son)

More information

1st Lt John D. Duffy enlisted in December 1942 and was overseas just five weeks before he was killed. He was killed around 11 am by small arms fire during the battle of Rothbach Creek while manning a machine gun. Also two other members of his platoon died during this incident.

His brother, Pvt Edward F. Duffy is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Reinehr Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com – Jeff Hall, www.newspapers.com – Chicago Daily Tribune Illinois 20 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy