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Personal info

Full name
COFFEY, James Joseph
Date of birth
17 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33580629
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 6 46

Immediate family

Members
James J. Coffey (father)
Catherine Coffey (mother)
Edward Coffey (brother)
Robert Coffey (brother)
Eugene Coffey (brother)
Jerard Coffey (brother)

More information

Cpl James J. Coffey was a graduate of Northeast Catholic High School in 1941. He worked in a war plant.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 29 January 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Philadelphia Inquirer 28 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Northeast Catholic High School 1941