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Personal info

Full name
LENNON, Joseph F
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Canada
Hometown
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20100089
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 25 28

Immediate family

Members
Joseph C. Lennon (father)
Gertrude E. (Bauld) Lennon (mother)
Gordon C. Lennon (brother)
John W. Lennon (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Joseph F. Lennon attended Watertown High School and was a checker when he joined the National Guard in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

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 / 1940 Census / Lennon Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry, www.findagrave.com

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