Name and Rank, Machinist’s Mate Second Class John William Ahearn.
Unit/placed in, PC-1024 Sub Chaser, United States Naval Reserve.
John was born in 1916 in Massachusetts.
Father, William J. Ahern.
Mother and Siblings, no record.
John entered the service from Boston, Massachusetts in Feb. 21, 1941 with service number # 31017240.
John W. Hearn rank/duty was a Machinist’s Mate Second Class (Sub Chaser) in the United States Naval Reserve.
John died during a collision of PC-1024 with the Cities Service Fuel Tanker near North Carolina, on March 2, 1943, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.
John is mentioned/buried at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.
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