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Personal info

Full name
MCDONOUGH, John P
Date of birth
13 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31030006
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Patrick A. McDonough (father)
Alice (Dolan) McDonough (mother)
Eamon McDonough (brother)
James McDonough (brother)
Henry McDonough (brother)
Anna McDonough (sister)
Mary McDonough (sister)
Catherine C. McDonough (sister)
Alice McDonough (sister)

More information

Sgt. John P. McDonough's attended high school for four years and worked as a waiter before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 14 March 1941.

His parents emigrated from Ireland.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister, www.fold3.com - tom5067