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Personal info

Full name
FINNERAN, Thomas Joseph
Date of birth
21 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31369001
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Near Houffalize, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 11 24

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Finneran (father)
Anna (Downey) Finneran (mother)
Rita Finneran (sister)
Margaret Finneran (sister)
Mary Finneran (sister)
Theresa Finneran (sister)
Anna Finneran (sister)
Elizabeth A. (Collins) Finneran (wife)

More information

Pfc Thomas J. Finneran graduated from the Roxbury Memorial High School and was a retail manager.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 2 August 1943 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card


Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery