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Personal info

Full name
MULLEN, John A
Date of birth
28 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33766179
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Mulhausen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 15 44

Immediate family

Members
John C. Mullen (father)
Edith L. Mullen (mother)
Mary E. Mullen (sister)
Rita Mullen (sister)
James F. Mullen (brother)
William G. Mullen (brother)
Marjorie A. Mullen (sister)
Joan Mullen (sister)
Charles Mullen (brother)
Robert Mullen (brother)
Walter Mullen (brother)

More information

Pvt John A. Mullen attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 2 November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Altoona Mirror - 22 December 1944