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Personal info

Full name
FLANAGAN, Paul J
Date of birth
30 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
12016105
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Kreuzau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 9 47

Immediate family

Members
Walter J. Flanagan (father)
Louise (Hockeborn) Flanagan (mother)
Arlene Flanagan (sister)

More information

Pvt Paul J. Flanagan joined the Regular Army in Rochester, New York on 15 October 1940. He was noted as being employed as a Lens Grinder.
He lived with his mother at 128 Broadway, attending Monroe High School. He was employed at Rochester Optical Manufacturing Company before his enlistment. Stationed two years in Trinidad and Panama, Pvt Flanagan was brought back to his country and then sent to England in May 1944. He was wounded twice in European fighting.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Max Poorthuis, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.16thinfantry.com, www.archives.gov, www.history.army.mil, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle, www.ancestry.com - New York State Birth Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle