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Personal info

Full name
SCULLY, John Leonard "Preboy"
Date of birth
20 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Saskatchewan, Canada
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O1015252
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Nuremberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 78

Immediate family

Members
John Preboy (father)
Emmett L. Scully (stepfather)
Julia A. (Hayduck) Scully (mother)
Alexander E. Scully (brother)
Lawrence Scully (brother)
Thomas M. Scully (brother)
Marie C. (Christianson) Scully (wife)

More information

2nd Lt John L. Scully volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 27 January 1942, three days before he was maried to Marie Colette Christianson.

He was taken prisoner on 17 December 1944 and died at Oflag XIII-D.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - 1921 Census of Canada / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Headstone and Interment Record / WEB: Minnesota, Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2019

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Minnesota Star - 1 February 1945