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Personal info

Full name
DUGAN, Joseph James
Date of birth
4 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33781736
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Halloville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 66

Immediate family

Members
James Dugan (father)
Mary M. (Hackett) Dugan (mother)
John F. Dugan (brother)
James J. Dugan (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph J. Dugan enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19 May 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire to his back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Hackett Teodosio Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy