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HALLORAN, John Joseph Jr - Date of
birth
1 December 1920 -
Age
23 -
Place of birth
Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31133246 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
401st Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
18 August 1944 - Place of
death
Hergarten, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
John J. Halloran Sr. (father)
Mary T. (Goward) Halloran (mother)
Thomas P. Halloran (brother)
Margaret M. Halloran (sister)
Mary T. Halloran (sister)
Barbara A. Halloran (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-5437 -
Data
Type B-17F
Nickname: Frank's Nightmare
Destination: Schweinfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing og the ball bearing industry
MACR: 282
More information
T/Sgt John J. Halloran employed at the John W. Wood Elastic Web Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 8 June 1942.The mission took place on 17 August 1943.
1st Lt Robert E. Nichols:
A/C out of 91st Group behind and to our left (believed to be A/C 437) was hit by flak at Woensdrecht and then by E/A at or about 1410. A/C snapped up out of formation and half fell into tight spin getting tighter and tighter. Last seen at 1413, at an altitude of 18000 feet in vicinity of 5014N 0711E. It is believed that one parachute came from this airplane.
Nine crew members were killed, one was taken prisoner.
He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
He is remembered at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kims Tree / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – G Monat
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Sam Pennartz / G Monat