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Personal info

Full name
SQUIRES, John F
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42185147
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Baerenthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 4 12

Immediate family

Members
John J. Squires (father)
Bridget E. (McDannell) Squires (mother)
Nellie Squires (sister)
Josephine Squires (sister)
Delia P. Squires (sister)
Mary C. Squires (sister)
Margaret Squires (sister)
Dorothy Squires (sister)
Francis Squires (sister)
Joseph Squires (brother)
Barbra Squires (sister)
Ann Squires (sister)
Gerald A. Squires (brother)
Patricia Squires (sister)

More information

Pvt John F. Squires was a machinist before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey, on 27 July 1944. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ellsworth Squires Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Keri Ann Havel