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Personal info

Full name
SHANLEY, John Francis Jr
Date of birth
18 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31028062
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Near Wolfskirchen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 47

Immediate family

Members
John F. Shanley Sr. (father)
Elizabeth A. (Coxen) Shanley (mother)
Margaret A. Shanley (sister)
Michael H. Shanley (brother)
Catherine A. Shanley (sister)
Thomas L. Shanley (brother)
Elizabeth M. Shanley (sister)

More information

T/Sgt John F. Shanley Jr. was employed at the North Bellerica Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 March 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire to 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 / McLaughlin Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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