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Personal info

Full name
DUNN, John Joseph Jr
Date of birth
4 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Westchester County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32461618
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Near Orscholz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 6 13

Immediate family

Members
John J. Dunn Sr. (father)
Lillian (Roerig) Dunn (mother)
Mary Dunn (sister)
Elizabeth Dunn (sister)
James Dunn (brother)
Frances Dunn (sister)
Carmella (Terrazino) Dunn (wife)
Joseph Dunn (son)

More information

Pvt John J. Dunn Jr. attended St Joseph's High School and was employed at Mt. Morris American Type Foundry.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 20 August 1942. He served as a military policeman before he was transferred to the infantry.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lady Thayne, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery