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Personal info

Full name
SCULLY, John Edward
Date of birth
1 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Armstrong, Emmet County, Iowa
Hometown
Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37684887
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Oberbiel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 10 10

Immediate family

Members
John Edward Scully (father)
Anna M. (Korrect) Scully (mother)
William F. Scully (brother)
Minnie H. Scully (sister)
Winifred M Scully (sister)
Vera A. (Kness) Scully (wife)
Richard E. Scully (son)
Michael D. Scully (son)
John E. Scully (son)

More information

Sgt John E. Scully graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1935 where his major studies were in Math and his hobby was dancing. He worked as a truck driver for the Fort Dodge Gas And Electric Co.

He enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 26 January 1944.

Sgt Scully was killed in action with six other members of his group in a fight between an American tank and a German anti-tank team.

Sgt. Scully is remembered at the Corpus Christi Cemetery in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - Iowa, Births and Christening Index / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Ash/Ponder Family Tree / WWII Bonus File, Record / Iowa, World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, 1947-1959 / WWII Draft Cards, www.abmc.gov, 7tharmddiv, www.facebook.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment 

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - lead, Fort Dodge High School yearbook, 1935