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Personal info

Full name
MAWHINNEY, John Cloyd
Date of birth
8 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33683135
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Near Hottviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 5 13

Immediate family

Members
John M. Mawhinney (father)
Emma M. (Bicker) Mawhinney (mother)
William S. Mawhinney (brother)
Lawrence V. Mawhinney (brother)
Elda Mawhinney (sister)
Eunice G. Mawhinney (sister)
Leona M. Mawhinney (sister)
Pearl I. (Boughner) Mawhinney (wife)

More information

Pvt John C. Mawhinney attended college for one year and was employed at the Viscose Company plant in Meadville before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 27 August 1943. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / Michael Jurczak Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The News Herald 29 December 1944
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