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Personal info

Full name
FLANNELLY, Paul Jerome
Date of birth
21 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Moosic, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Moosic, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33465393
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
5th Armored Division,
D Troop
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gey, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 13 16

Immediate family

Members
John F. Flannelly (father)
Elizabeth (Nicholson) Flannelly (mother)
John J. Flannelly (brother)
Paul Flannelly (brother)
Joseph Flannelly (brother)
Thomas Flannelly (brother)
Catherine Flannelly (sister)

More information

Pvt Paul J. Flannelly graduated from Moosic High School in 1941 and was employed by the Gibbs Peoples Drug Store.

He enlisted on 16 March 1943 and trained at Camp Hood, Texas, Pine Camp, New York and Indiantown Gap. He was sent overseas in February 1944.

At the time of his death, his brother John was recovering from wounds at home, received in Italy on 6 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com; 1940, US Census; www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Cards, www.newspapers.com - The Times Tribune 5 January 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Times Tribune 5 January 1945