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Personal info

Full name
FINN, John Joseph
Date of birth
30 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31274265
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Bourheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 11 25

Immediate family

Members
James P. Finn (father)
Esther M. (Costello) Finn (mother)
James Finn (brother)
Alice Finn (sister)
Joseph Finn (brother)

More information

Pfc John J. Finn enlisted on 14 December 1942 in Hartford, Connecticut. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 27 June 1944 and was promoted to Private First
Class on 16 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Ann Finn Detleft, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census US / Family Trees, The Berkshire Eagle - 2 August 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ann Finn Detleft, The Berkshire Eagle - 2 August 1945