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FARRELL, John J Jr - Date of
birth
9 October 1922 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Middlesex County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11099534 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
9 November 1945 - Place of
death
Kommerscheidt, Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
John J. Farrell (father)
Elizabeth (Harrington) Farrell (mother)
Barbara Farrell (sister)
Rosemary Farrell (sister)
More information
S/Sgt John J. Farrell Jr. graduated from Arlington High School and attended Boston College with the class of 1944, where he studied Latin and Greek. In January 1943 during his junior year, he and a group of friends decided to enlist in the U.S. Army.He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
His remains were located in Kommerscheidt, Germany on 24 September 2008 and were sent to the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii for identification.
S/Sgt Farrell was given his final resting place at Highland Cemetery, Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts on 30 April 2010.
Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com, www.boston.com
Photo source: FOHF, http://www.findagrave.com - Tribe Hunter, Boston College Alumni News - February 1945