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Personal info

Full name
MAHEIGAN, John Joseph
Date of birth
20 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31425503
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bonnerue, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 80

Immediate family

Members
John A. Maheigan (father)
Mary E. (Lawton) Maheigan (mother)
Dorothy Maheigan (sister)
Catherine Maheigan (sister)

More information

Pfc John J. Maheigan attended high school for three years and worked on a Navy Yard before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 4 November 1943.

He was wounded by an artillery shell, and died in a field hospital in Belgium on 8 January 1945.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe 28 January 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten

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