William A. Dougherty
Rank: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Serial Number: O-2057583
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Second Lieutenant William A. Dougherty was born in New Jersey on August 11, 1923, to Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dougherty. The family had recently relocated from Pennsylvania. In 1930, the family, which included younger daughter Laura and older brothers John J. and James J. Dougherty, owned a home at 208 Denver Avenue in Haddon Township, NJ. The elder Dougherty worked as an electrician.
William A. Dougherty, after his entrance into the Army, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He was killed when the P-47 fighter he was training on crashed at Wendover Field, Utah, in 1944.
He appears to have been the husband of Tish Dougherty and father of William “Billy” Dougherty.
William A. Dougherty is memorialized on the War Memorial on Haddon Avenue in Westmont (Haddon Township), NJ.
“All I Want for Christmas”
Camden Courier-Post —
“All I Want for Christmas” is told to Santa Claus by these youngsters attending a party sponsored by South Jersey Unit 26, Military Order of the Purple Heart auxiliary. On the knee of Santa, played by Fred Vogel, post welfare officer, is Billy Dougherty, 6, of 301 Lincoln Avenue, Bellmawr. Others, left to right, are John Mlynarczyk, 9, of 1333 Princess Avenue; Albert Monroe, 11, of 330 Penn Street; and Albert Thompson, 9, of 38 Belleview Terrace, Collingswood.
Photos
The Dougherty family home at 208 Denver Avenue, Haddon Township (Westmont), NJ (July 2004).