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Personal info

Full name
MAHONEY, Edward T
Date of birth
14 September 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
6399294
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
near Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 6 25

Immediate family

Members
Michael Mahoney (father)
Ellen (Mulligan) Mahoney (mother)
Martin Mahoney (brother)
Helen Mahoney (sister)
John Mahoney (brother)
Gerald Mahoney (brother)
May Mahoney (sister)
Kathleen (Pullig) Mahoney (wife)
Julia K. Mahoney (daughter)
George D. Burt (stepson)

More information

Sgt Edward T. Mahoney enlisted on 12 January 1940.

He was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia with the 29th Infantry at one time and later selected as one of twelve men to open Camp Butner, North Carolina. Prior to being sent to the port of embarkation he was stationed at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Sgt Mahoney accepted a demotion in order to volunteer for overseas service.

On the photo he is shown with his daughter Julia Kathleen in August 1944, when he last visited home.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana - 27 feb 1945, New Jersey Birth Index, 1920 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana