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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Jack W. Connelly

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Honored By

Gene Maresca

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED 26 AUGUST 1939. ATTACHED TO BATTERY 'A', 60TH COASTAL ARTILLERY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. PRISONER OF WAR FROM 1942 UNTIL 24 OCTOBER 1944 WHEN THE JAPANESE TRANSPORT ARISAN MARU, WHICH WAS TRANSPORTING PRISONERS OF WAR FROM MANILA TO JAPAN WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A U.S. SUBMARINE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.