Edward J. Leahy

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 07/08/1944

Edward Joseph Leahy was born in Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on May 7, 1919.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by the C. Bean Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

He was drafted into the Army on February 26, 1942 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. His home of residence
was listed as Middlesex County, Massachusetts and his civilian occupation was listed as Semiskilled Chauffeurs
And Drivers, Bus, Taxi, Truck, And Tractor. He had completed three years of High School and
was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Catholic.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Corporal in Company B,
in Headquarters 22nd Infantry General Orders No. 14 dated December 31, 1943
at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

He was reduced from the rank of Sergeant to Private on May 2, 1944.

He was promoted from Private to Sergeant on the battlefield in France on June 16, 1944.

On June 27, 1944 he was promoted to Technical Sergeant.

Technical Sergeant Leahy was killed in action in France, in the vicinity of La Maugerie,
on July 8, 1944.

Decorations of Edward J. Leahy

Edward J. Leahy was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Massachusetts.

Burial:
Veterans Cemetery
Somerville
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Section II WW II

Grave marker for Edward J. Leahy

Photo by Linda Shepard Salzer from the Find A Grave website

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