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Personal info

Full name
CAREY, John Patrick
Date of birth
2 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20101051
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Company,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
Near Athienville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 45

Immediate family

Members
Christopher J. Carey (father)
Annie V. (Sullivan) Carey (mother)
Francis J. Carey (brother)
Catherine C. Carey (sister)
Christopher J. Carey Jr. (brother)
Margaret Carey (sister)
Bernard Carey (brother)
George Carey (brother)
Elizabeth M. Carey (sister)
Rita J. (Rogan) Carey (wife)

More information

S/Sgt John P. Carey attended high school for two years and was a driver before he joined the National Guard in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his leg.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cecile & Greg’s Families / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Boston Globe 26 October 1944
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Boston Globe 26 October 1944