US PARAS Foley, Jack Edward

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Foley ​

• FORENAME

Jack Edward​

• UNIT

506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-532667​

• AWARD

Bronze Star ​

• PLACE

Europe ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 18.8.1922 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania​

son of Randall Aloysius (1884-1953) and Viola Gertrude (nee Meahl) Foley (1893-1949)​

graduated South Hill High School 1940​

attended University of Pittsburgh (ROTC)​

29.06.1943 entered service New Cumberland, Pennsylvania​

commissioned 29.6.1943​

Coast Artillery Corps​

graduated OCS 19.11.1943​

WIA February 1945 Belgium​

17.04.1946 discharged Fort Bragg, North Carolina​

retired as Captain​

1950 resided 617 Ivy Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania​

graduated University of Pittsburgh postwar​

worked for Alcoa Inc (retired 1982)​

married Mary Louise (nee Naughton) (1924-2011) (5 children Karen, Barbara, John, David and Nancy)​

died 14.9.2009 (Aged 87) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania​

Mount Hope Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Section 5A​

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