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Personal info

Full name
SCANLAN, Martin Joseph
Date of birth
19 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Newcastle West, County Limerick, Ireland
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32007758
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 35

Immediate family

Members
Patrick Scanlan (father)
Elizabeth Scanlan (mother)
Patrick J. Scanlan (brother)
John Scanlan (brother)

More information

Sgt Martin J. Scanlan joined the Regular Army in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 22 May 1941.

He attended high school for 2 years and was a sales clerk.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten