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Personal info

Full name
O'LEARY, Henry Walter
Date of birth
26 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
East Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31299116
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
Near Kalborn, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 10 2

Immediate family

Members
Eugene F. O’Leary (father)
Frances M. O’Leary (mother)
Edward O’Leary (brother)
Sidney O’Leary (brother)

More information

Pvt Henry W. O’Leary attended high school for two years and was employed at the Bethlehem Higham Shipyard Inc. before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 February 1942.

He died to the effects of artillery shell fragments.

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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery