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Personal info

Full name
CURRAN, William Joseph
Date of birth
19 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20101472
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Bénestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 14 54

Immediate family

Members
Charles L. Curran (father)
Ellen E. (Duffy) Curran (mother)
Charles L. Curran (brother)
Francies W. Curran (brother)

More information

Pfc William J. Curran attended high school for four years and was a dyer before he joined the National Guard in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe 10 December 1944
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