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DOHERTY, John Stephen - Date of
birth
2 March 1914 -
Age
31 - Place of
birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York -
Hometown
Erie County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-407162 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
Surgeon -
Unit
Medical Detachment,
319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
19 September 1945 - Place of
death
Zyfflich, near Groesbeek, the Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Stephen V. Doherty (father)
Florence E. Doherty (mother)
Charles H. Doherty (brother)
William V. Doherty (brother)
Anna R. (Morril) Taylor (wife)
Joanne M. Doherty (daughter)
John M. Doherty (son)
More information
Cpt John S. Doherty enlisted in New York City, New York 6 March 1943.Prior to Medical school, Captain John S. Doherty completed his undergraduate studies at Canisius College in the Class of 1937. He studied at Buffalo University Medical School. He got military medical training at Halloran Military Hospital, New York. He left for England on 23 May 1943. There he got airborne training and earned 'jump wings'.
In 1943 and 1944 he was medical officer for the 507 PIR and 509 PIR and saw combat in Italy and France. He was transferred as Battalion Surgeon to the 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, shortly before Operation Market Garden.
He left for the Neherlands on 18 September 1944 in a Waco glider, together with medical aidman Raymond Lane and a jeep with medical supplies.
The glider was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crash landed near the village of Zyfflich (5 km east of Groesbeek). Since then John Doherty and Raymond Lane are missing in action. Pvt Lane is remembered at the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge Cemetery.
He was officially decleared dead on 19 September 1945, one year and one day after the incident.
In 2008 his wife heard what had happened with her husband. She had lived 65 years in uncertainty about his fate.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, René van Slooten, Terry Hirsch, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / United States Census, 1930, Canisius College Newsletter - 12 October 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, René van Slooten, www.ancestry.com - Lockport High School, 1932