Geagan Jr. , James Waldron

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant James Waldron Geagan jr.

Unit/Placed in, 44th Field Artillery Battalion (Battery-C, M7-Priest Platoon), 4th Infantry Division ”Ivy”.

James was born on July 15, 1920 in Evangeline Parish County, Louisiana.

Father, James W. Geagan Sr.

Mother, Catherine H. Geagan.

James enlisted the service at Louisiana with serial number #. O-446381.

James W. Geagan jr. was a 1^e Lieutenant in the 44th Field Artillery Battalion.

James was KIA when a shell exploded and Destroyed his M7 near Avaranches, France on July 25, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

James was first buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.

But in 1948 was reburied at Masonic Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.

Thanks to https://colonelhigginsfamily.wordpress.com/tag/44th-field-artillery-battalion/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

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