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Personal info

Full name
SULLIVAN, John J
Date of birth
19 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Arlington Heights, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31045860
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 3 15

Immediate family

Members
John J. Sullivan (father)
Margaret M. (Doyle) Sullivan (mother)
Mary A. Sullivan (sister)
Margaret C. Sullivan (sister)
Helen Sullivan (wife)

More information

Pfc John J. Sullivan enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 2 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Gerrie Franken, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Mahoney Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Gerrie Franken - SOHE