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Personal info

Full name
MALONEY, Francis E Jr
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
District of Columbia
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
O1636261
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
Signal Corps
Awards
Legion of Merit

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
27 November 1945
Place of death
Near Ansbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 26 33

Immediate family

Members
Francis E. Maloney Sr. (father)
Nora E. (Brennan) Maloney (mother)
Mary K. Maloney (sister)
Rosemary C. Maloney (sister)

More information

Capt Francis E. Maloney graduated from Gonzaga High School and Georgetown Foreign Service School. He also attended the University of Mexico City before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Washington, District of Columbia on 12 February 1942.

He was killed in an airplane accident, when he was on his way from Frankfurt, Germany to Belgrade, Yugoslavia to accept his new assignment as Assistant Military Attaché.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Cotton Family, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – The Evening Star - 9 December1945/20 December 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – C