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Personal info

Full name
DURANEY, Joseph A
Date of birth
1 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Campbell, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Campbell, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35610562
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Chenicourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 32 49

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Duraney (father)
Anna Duraney (mother)
Anna Duraney (sister)
Mary Duraney (sister)
Helen Duraney (sister)
John Duraney (brother)
Paul Duraney (brother)
Katheryn Duraney (sister)
Margaret Duraney (sister)
Veronica Duraney (sister)
Frank Duraney (brother)
Louise Duraney (sister)
Helen (Susinka) Duraney (wife)
Edward Duraney (son)

More information

Pfc Joseph A. Duraney attended the Memorial High School for two years and was employed by the Olenick Dairy before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 14 April 1943.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Jeff Hall, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – StratasFan / Jeff Hall