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Personal info

Full name
FLYNN, Patrick Edward
Date of birth
20 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lisnagirl, Ireland
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32590440
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
11th Armored Division,
C Battery
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
North of Millomont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 30

Immediate family

Members
Edward P. Flynn (father)
Mary K. (Lynch) Flynn (mother)
Elizabeth T. Flynn (sister)
Kathleen B. Flynn (sister)
Thomas J. Flynn (brother)

More information

Cpl Patrick E. Flynn attended Hillside High School before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 14 November 1942.

One of the pictures was taken in High School in 1938.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Shawn Boyce, U.S. School Yearbooks