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Personal info

Full name
AHEARN, John Dean
Date of birth
25 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11024334
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
255th Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
Lampoldshausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 5 15

Immediate family

Members
James R. Ahearn (father)
Sarah (Connors) Ahearn (mother)
Robert R. Ahearn (brother)
Phyllis M. Ahearn (sister)
Jane Ahearn (sister)

More information

Sgt John D. Ahearn graduated from Salem High School in 1937 and was employed at the A.C. Lawrence Leather Company.

He joined the Regular Army in Boston, Massachusetts on 14 December 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Phyllis Roccio, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ahearn Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.63rdinfdiv.com
Photo source: -, Salem High School 1937