Ignatius Peter O'DONNELL
1920 - 1944 (23 years)-
Name Ignatius Peter O'DONNELL Birth 23 Aug 1920 Greenville Twp., La Moure, North Dakota [1] Gender Male Death 05 Apr 1944 Killed in Action- WWII Burial Lost at Sea - excerpt from: Fargo, ND Newspaper, April 1944
John, and Ignatius O'Donnell Are "Missing In Action"
Mr. and Mrs. Frank O'Donnell received a telegram from the War Department at Washington, D. C., Friday morning advising them their two sons, John Patrick, Fireman lst class, and Ignatius Peter, Fireman 2nd class, were missing in action, in duty of their country's defense.
They were on the same ship, believed somewhere on the Atlantic.
John Patrick has been in the Navy the last 4 years and Ignatius for 2 years. They were formerly stationed on the USS Augusta Flagship....
Ignatius Peter's name is among the 4601 names of missing American Servicemen who lost their lives in the Atlantic Ocean while engaged in combat during WWII, inscribed in granite pillars in the East Coast Memorial, in Battery Park, New York City, NY.
Person ID I5914 Descendants of Tobias KELLY Last Modified 1 Apr 2018
Father Thomas Frank O'DONNELL, b. 09 Apr 1884, Mara Twp. Ontario Co. d. 16 Feb 1961, Cass County, North Dakota (Age 76 years) Mother Sarah Ann MURPHY, b. 28 Nov 1886, Mara Twp. Ontario Co. d. 30 Jun 1956, Cass County, North Dakota (Age 69 years) Marriage 19 Jan 1909 St. Raphael's Ch. Verona, North Dakota Family ID F1984 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- excerpt from: Fargo, ND Newspaper, April 1944
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Notes - excerpt from: Fargo, ND Newspaper, April 1944
John, and Ignatius O'Donnell Are "Missing In Action"
Mr. and Mrs. Frank O'Donnell received a telegram from the War Department at Washington, D. C., Friday morning advising them their two sons, John Patrick, Fireman lst class, and Ignatius Peter, Fireman 2nd class, were missing in action, in duty of their country's defense.
They were on the same ship, believed somewhere on the Atlantic.
John Patrick has been in the Navy the last 4 years and Ignatius for 2 years. They were formerly stationed on the USS Augusta Flagship....
Ignatius Peter's name is among the 4601 names of missing American Servicemen who lost their lives in the Atlantic Ocean while engaged in combat during WWII, inscribed in granite pillars in the East Coast Memorial, in Battery Park, New York City, NY.
- excerpt from: Fargo, ND Newspaper, April 1944
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Sources - [S147] Murphy family tree- ramara historical society site.
- [S147] Murphy family tree- ramara historical society site.