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Personal info

Full name
COLGAN, Bartholomew J
Date of birth
30 March 1904
Age
40
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31193296
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 13 35

Immediate family

Members
Edward M. Colgan (father)
Ellen Colgan (mother)
John F. Colgan (brother)
Edward N. Colgan (brother)
Margaret Colgan (sister)
Eva Colgan (wife)

More information

Pfc Bartholomew J. Colgan enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 5 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of 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 / 1930 Census / Reed Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam