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FLAHERTY, Joseph J - Date of
birth
13 June 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33073854 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 September 1944 - Place of
death
Near Clerval, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 21 | 39 |
Immediate family
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Members
Joseph H. Flaherty (father)
Catherine K. (Mulrain) Flaherty (mother)
Gertrude Flaherty (sister)
Rosemary Flaherty (sister)
More information
S/Sgt Joseph J. Flaherty graduated from Dunmore High School in 1938 and was employed at Hector Ceccarani Gas Station.He enlisted at Camp Lee, Virginia on 30 August 1941 and was sent overseas in April 1942.
He took part in the invasion of North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
He was reported wounded in action by shrapnel during campaign in Sicily cand recuperated at a hospital in North Africa. In November 1943 he had been hospitalized with frozen feet. He was reported wounded in action again in Italy in May 1944 when he was shot in the shoulder.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Tribune - 6 October 1944