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Personal info

Full name
CONNOLLY, James Anthony
Date of birth
31 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Hometown
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37664471
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Near Lunéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 91

Immediate family

Members
Daniel J. Connolly (father)
Helen R. (Donohue) Connolly (mother)
Daniel J. Connolly Jr. (brother)
Robert J. Connolly (brother)
Maurice J. Connolly (brother)
Edward M. Connolly (brother)
Mary E. Connolly (sister)
Kathleen T. Connolly (sister)
Helen R. Connolly (sister)
Donald F. Connolly (brother)

More information

Pfc James A. Connolly attended Blessed Sacrament Central High School and Trinity High School and was a sales clerk before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 9 March 1943.

He was killed by shell fragments to his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Four of his brothers also served.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Truog Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Blazen36
Photo source: , www.newspapers.com - Sioux City Journal - 16 January 1944