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Personal info

Full name
MULLEN, John Thomas
Date of birth
20 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32207647
Rank
Private
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division,
HQ Platoon - Communitations Section
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Crossing of the Waal River
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 19

Immediate family

Members
Thomas A. Mullen (father)
Johanna (Lyons) Mullen (mother)
Catherine L. Mullen (sister)
Elizabeth M. Mullen (sister)

More information

Pvt John T. Mullen graduated from Memorial High School.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 5 February 1942.

He was already a veteran from the North African, Sicilian and Italian campaigns.

He was killed by artillery fire.

Pvt Mullen was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek near Nijmegen on 23 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.Ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl, The Battle of the Bridges: The 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Patrick R. Cullen, Jr., Genealogical and Historical Society - courtesy of Mrs. Doreen Bloomer, President