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Personal info

Full name
GEARY, William James Arthur
Date of birth
28 November 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31028390
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Moyenvic, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 21 34

Immediate family

Members
William J. Geary (father)
Emma L. (Berry) Geary (mother)
Beatrice E. Geary (sister)

More information

S/Sgt William J. A. Geary was an attendant at a filling station before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 8 March 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire to his stomach.

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 / Murphy Condon Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M