George D. Flynn
Private George D. Flynn, of 18 South Sussex Street, Gloucester City NJ, was drafted relatively early in the war. Assigned to the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, he landed in France on D-Day at Utah Beach.
Serial: 33365722 — Purple Heart — Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot F Row 1 Grave 92, Cambridge, England
George D. Flynn was killed in action on D-Day plus 3, June 9, 1944, in France. His death was reported in the August 24, 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post.
Mass to Be Sung for 12 Dead Heroes
Camden Courier-Post —
Service to Take Place Tomorrow at Church Here
A Solemn Requiem High Mass for 12 sons of Newfoundland-American parents who died in the war will be celebrated tomorrow at 8 a. m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Broadway and Ferry avenue.
The Mass will be celebrated at requests of the Newfoundland-American Club women’s auxiliary headed by Mrs. Agnes V. Kehoe, 1257 Whitman avenue. The men include a Bronze Star winner, the late Harold S. McLean, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McLean, Third and Chapel avenue, Merchantville, who was killed in France in June, 1944. He was awarded the decoration posthumously for meritorious service in combat.
One of the first South Jersey men to die in the war was Cpl. Frederick G. Corbett, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Corbett, 3725 King avenue, Pennsauken. Corbett was captured near Manila by the Japanese on Dec. 8, 1941. He died in an enemy prison camp in July, 1942. His parents recently were visited by Cpl. Herbert Black, Tutwiler, Miss., who was with Fredrick at the prison camp and assisted in his burial.
Pvt. George D. Flynn, 36, of 18 South Sussex street, Gloucester, died in June, 1944, of wounds received during action in France after 29 months service.
Edward F. Keenan, 312 Broadway, Gloucester, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keenan, was killed in Germany during November, 1944.
Pvt. Joseph V. Moore, 25, whose sister, Margaret, lives at 925 Penn street, was drowned in the Panama Canal.
Pvt. William McDonald, 34, son of Michael McDonald, 1110 Marion street, was killed in August, 1945, in France. His mother, Elizabeth, is living in Newfoundland.
Michael F. Mahoney, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Mahoney, 709 Morgan boulevard, was killed on Tarawa when the bomber of which he was a crew member exploded during a take-off. His widow, Anna, lives at 1234 Jackson street.
Daniel Skain, 19, of 3 Troy avenue, Bellmawr, was lost in October, 1944, when his destroyer was torpedoed in the Pacific.
Four Philadelphia men will also be remembered in the Mass. S/Sgt. William Mahoney, 26, son of Mrs. Phillip McDonald, 2244 East Monmouth street, was killed on Luzon in May, 1945.
John Keating, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Keating, 2998 Chatham street, was killed in January, 1945, while serving with the Rainbow Division in France.
Vincent Rotchford, 24, of 2994 Chatham street, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rotchford, was killed while serving with the Army in the Pacific. He was employed at the New York Shipyard.
Cpl. Raymond Welsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Welsh, 2927 Weikel street, was killed in January, 1945, in Germany.