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Personal info

Full name
WADDELL, John Dennis Jr
Date of birth
21 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Queens, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
12061005
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Near Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 27 65

Immediate family

Members
John D. Waddell Sr. (father)
Jennie J. (Balke) Waddell (mother)
Charles F. Waddell (brother)
Jane M. Waddell (sister)
Edward T. Waddell (brother)

More information

Pfc John D. Waddell Jr. volunteered for the Army of the United States in New York City, New York on 20 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands.

His brother Charles is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Cowieson Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Dick O’Donnell, www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy