Rank; Electrician’s Mate Second Class Francis Ahearn.
Unit/placed; USS Maddox (DD-622) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Francis was born approx. in 1922 in Massachusetts.
Father, Harold D. Ahearn.
Mother, Marion M. Ahearn.
Sister, Alice M. Ahearn.
Francis entered the service from Massachusetts with service number # 6662758.
Francis Ahearn rank/duty was a Electrician’s Mate Second Class (Destroyer) in the United States Naval Reserve.
Francis was KIA when the USS Maddox on Sub Patrol near Sicily for the Amphibious Battle of Gela, Italy was attacked by a German Junker Ju-88, on July 10, 1943, and he is honored with a Purple Heart Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Francis is mentioned/buried at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno,
Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.
Tablets of the Missing.
Thanks to http://www.ussmaddox.org/http://www.ussmaddox.org/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/