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Personal info

Full name
O'SULLIVAN, John D
Date of birth
26 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Elizabeth City, Union County, New Jersey
Hometown
Elizabeth City, Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12029458
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 16 12

Immediate family

Members
John C. O'Sullivan (father)
Rose C. (Schemenauer) O'Sullivan (mother)
Marie W. O'Sullivan (sister)
Cornelius J. O'Sullivan (brother)
Veronica O'Sullivan (sister)
Margaret (Jack) O'Sullivan (wife)
David J. O'Sullivan (son)

More information

S/Sgt John D. O’Sullivan attended college and worked as an electrician.

He joined the Regular Army in Newark, New Jersey on 22 September 1941.

Source of information: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920/1930 Census / O'Sullivan Tree / New Jersey, U.S. World War I & II Draft Registration Cards, 1917 & 1942 / WWII Enlistment Records / O’Sullivan Family Tree, 17th Airborne Division “Thunder from Heaven” Unit History, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment Unit History, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, David J. O'Sullivan