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Personal info

Full name
REDDY, John Joseph
Date of birth
17 November 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Williston Park, Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
32802228
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Gerbécourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 28 28

Immediate family

Members
Thomas A. Reddy (father)
Josephine (Clancy) Reddy (mother)
Catherine M. Reddy (sister)
Florence T. Reddy (sister)
Thomas E. Reddy (sister)

More information

S/Sgt John J. Reddy attended high school for four years and was employed at the Dry Docks before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 11 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Girardi Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - SueMac
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