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Personal info

Full name
CONROY, John Patrick
Date of birth
2 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36772780
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
Bezange-la-Petitie, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 13 50

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Conroy (father)

More information

Pvt John P. Conroy was employed at the Liggett Drug Company before he enlisted in December 1943. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune Illinois 15 November 1944, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
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