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Personal info

Full name
MAHANEY, Daniel John
Date of birth
30 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31281002
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 26 22

Immediate family

Members
Daniel J. Mahaney (father)
Marie (Lawlor) Mahaney (mother)
Robert F. Mahaney (brother)
John D. Mahaney (brother)

More information

Pfc Daniel J. Mahaney attended college for one year and was employed at the United Aircraft Company.

He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 19 January 1943. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied at Providence College.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Pfc Mahaney is remembered at the Calvary Cemetery in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - KAM, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Waterbury Connecticut, www.findagrave.com - Cheryl