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Personal info

Full name
COONEY, Joseph Jerome "Joe"
Date of birth
24 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Shaft, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Shaft, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33837023
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 5 8

Immediate family

Members
Walter Cooney (father)
Julia (Coyle) Cooney (mother)
Margaret Cooney (sister)
Celia Cooney (sister)
Rita Cooney (sister)
Nellie Cooney (sister)
Edward Cooney (brother)
Thomas Cooney (brother)
Mary Cooney (sister)
Helen (Usalis) Cooney (wife)
Joseph Cooney Jr. (son)
Jean Cooney (daughter)

More information

Pfc Joseph J. Cooney was employed by the William Penn Colliery company.

He was sent overseas in August 1944.

It is believed he was killed during an enemy artillery barrage.

His brother Edward served with the U.S. Marines.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - 1920 - 1930 - 1940 census / County Marriages / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - Mount Carmel Item

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Evening Herald - 28 March 1945