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Personal info

Full name
CONNOLLY, James W
Date of birth
17 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Kendall, Lafayette County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Durlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36227836
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 58

Immediate family

Members
James A. Connolly (father)
Mary A. (Deery) Connolly (mother)
Charles L. Connolly (brother)
Hugh F. Connolly (brother)
Robert V. Connolly (brother)
Joseph M. Connolly (brother)

More information

T/5 James W. Connolly graduated from Darlington High School in 1933 and was a sales clerk at A & P Tea Company.

He joined the Regular Army at Ft. Sheridan, Illinois on 6 November 1941. He was sent to Iceland on 6 April 1942 and spent 16 months there before his transfer to the British Isles.

T/5 Connolly is remembered at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery in Truman, Lafayette County, Wisconsin with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Dalsing Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Audrey Quinn Porter