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Personal info

Full name
EGAN, Joseph David
Date of birth
25 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts
Hometown
Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31233868
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Near Forêt-de-Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James J. Egan (father)
Catherine J. Egan (mother)
Catherine Egan (sister)
Margarete Egan (sister)
James P. Egan (brother)
Mary F. Egan (sister)
Helen E. Egan (sister)
William G. Egan (brother)

More information

Cpl Joseph D. Egan attended high school for four years and was employed at the American Railway Express Station in Boston before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 17 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - SueMac
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman