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Personal info

Full name
ENRIGHT, John Joseph Jr
Date of birth
22 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33425312
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 July 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 50 20

Immediate family

Members
John J. Enright (father)
Gertrude E. (Molly) Enright (mother)
Gertrude E. Enright (sister)
Martha M. Enright (sister)
Thomas W. Enright (brother)

More information

Pfc John J. Enright Jr. enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 10 February 1943.

He died of wounds, sutained 12 days earlier.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. Andre, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Date file, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press