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Personal info

Full name
DOUGHERTY, Aloysius F
Date of birth
21 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13197209
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
271st Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Weissenfels, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 6 17

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. Dougherty (father)
Eleanor C. (O'Donnell) Dougherty (mother)
Eleanor M. Dougherty (sister)
Charles J. Dougherty (brother)
Dorothy Dougherty (sister)

More information

Pfc Aloysius F. Dougherty graduated from Northeast Catholic High school in 1944.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 15 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Family Trees / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Northeast Catholic High School yearbook, 1944