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Personal info

Full name
EARLEY, John Patrick
Date of birth
4 April 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
20301302
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
23 December 1945
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Thomas F. Earley (father)
Mary J. (Hughes) Earley (mother)
Thomas J. Earley (brother)
Anna M. Earley (sister)
Mary M. (Lawrence) Earley (wife)
John P. Earley Jr. (son)

More information

T/4 John P. Earley was a musician and music teacher when he joined the National Guard in Scranton, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941. He was originally a member of the regimental band.

He was reported wounded in action, according to report, and evacuated to a German field hospital for treatment in Wiltz, Luxembourg at the time the town was bombed.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Murphy Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.newspapers.com – The Times Tribune Pennsylvania 31 December 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com – The Times Tribune Pennsylvania 31 December 1945