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Personal info

Full name
DONAGHY, James Frances
Date of birth
6 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
42066988
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 10 62

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Donaghy (father)
Mary (Laggan) Donaghy (mother)
Theresa Donaghy (sister)
Margaret Donaghy (sister)
Andrew Donaghy (sister)
Hazel (Kennedy) Donaghy (wife)
Maura Donaghy (daughter)

More information

Pvt James F. Donaghy attended high school for one year and was a paymaster employed by Daniel Reeves.

He enlisted in Brooklyn, New York on 3 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Donaghy Family Tree