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Personal info

Full name
GILLIGAN, John Albert
Date of birth
11 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32224067
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 86

Immediate family

Members
John S. Gilligan (father)
Valerie R. (Daynard) Gilligan (mother)
Anna M. Gilligan (sister)

More information

Pvt John A. Gilligan was an industry clerk before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 6 March 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg and lung.

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.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Miller Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division

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