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Personal info

Full name
QUINN, John O'neil
Date of birth
19 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Parkman, Geauga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35532338
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Niedergailbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 4

Immediate family

Members
James F. Quinn (father)
Josephine C. (O’ Neil) Quinn (mother)

More information

T/Sgt John O. Quinn attended college for one year before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 26 January 1943.
He was reported wounded in action to the effects of artillery shell fragments on 20 December 1944 and died in a hospital the same day.
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 / Gannon Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
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