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HALLAHAN, William Arthur Jr - Date of
birth
1923 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Massachusetts -
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11050641 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 January 1945 - Place of
death
Fosse, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 12 | 36 |
Immediate family
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Members
William A. Hallahan (father)
Albertha E. Hallahan (mother)
Robert A. Hallahan (brother)
Marjorie R. Hallahan (sister)
Kathleen A. Hallahan (sister)
Raymond J. Hallahan (brother)
Bertha G. Hallahan (sister)
More information
Cpl William A. Hallahan Jr. worked in a foundry.He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts on 11 April 1942.
The plan on 3 January for taking Fosse was for G and H Companies to bypass the town and take up positions on high ground to the southwest from which they could provide supporting fire while I Company attacked into the town from the north. All was going well until I Company emerged from a wood two hundred yards from Fosse's outskirts and got pinned down by small arms, machinegun and artillery fire. The commanding officer, Capt McPheeters was killed instantly as well as the only other officer Lt Degenhardt. In total the company suffered 13 casualties. They are remembered on a monument, situated on the north side of the town in a street called Sur le Meez.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, NARA, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 census, remember-group.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Dominique Portier, Facebook