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PLATOON SERGEANT FRANK
ALOYSIUS DUFFY lived at 225 North 10th Street in Camden NJ where he was Democratic
deputy
registrar in the Camden County Board of Elections. His brother
John
Duffy was serving with the Army Signal Corps in India when he
joined the Marine Corps in June of 1942. He completed his basic training
at Parris Island SC, and went overseas in the first week of January,
1944.
Frank Duffy wrote the
letter printed below from Roi Island, on Kwajelein Atoll. At that time
he was a Corporal in the Marine Corps. He was later promoted to Platoon
Sergeant. Sergeant Duffy was killed in action on July 2, 1944 He was survived by his
father John J. Duffy of 132 North
11th Street, Camden NJ, and his brother John,
serving with the Army in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations.
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