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Personal info

Full name
MCGEEHON, John
Date of birth
23 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33586797
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 38 11

Immediate family

Members
Cornelius McGeehon (father)
Hannah McGeehon (mother)
Mary McGeehon (sister)
Anna Mae McGeehon (sister)
Sally McGeehon (sister)
Rose McGeehon (sister)
Cornelius McGeehon (brother)

More information

Pvt John McGeehon was an unskilled routeman before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 22 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments 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. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy