US PARAS Coughlin, John Richard

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Coughlin​

• FORENAME

John Richard​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A)​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

33598526​

• DATE OF DEATH

29th April 1945​

• AGE

20​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot A, Row 13, Grave 66​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 19.01.1925 Chester, Pennsylvania, USA​

3 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled drillers, extraction of minerals and construction​

employed by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided 610 West 2nd Street, Chester, Pennsylvania (draft card)​

19.01.1943 draft card Chester, Pennsylvania​

06.04.1943 entered service Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​

Next of kin - Uncle. Mr. William F. Cummins, 315 Gartside Court, Chester, Pennsylvania​

KIA Negros Island, Philippines​

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