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TSGT Will John Sircy
Cenotaph

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TSGT Will John Sircy Veteran

Birth
Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
5 Dec 1944 (aged 24)
At Sea
Cenotaph
Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.667825, Longitude: -86.8637083
Memorial ID
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Will John was lost at sea when his ship, SS Marcus Daly, was hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft during WWII. He gave his life, as did his brother, Athan, to protect our freedoms.

As posted on the WWII Memorial Website:
John Sircy, ID: 20525342
Entered the Service From: Kentucky
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army, 149th Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry Division
Died: Tuesday, December 05, 1944

Awards: Purple Heart

NOTE: His Cenotaph can be found here: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56763431
Will John was lost at sea when his ship, SS Marcus Daly, was hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft during WWII. He gave his life, as did his brother, Athan, to protect our freedoms.

As posted on the WWII Memorial Website:
John Sircy, ID: 20525342
Entered the Service From: Kentucky
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army, 149th Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry Division
Died: Tuesday, December 05, 1944

Awards: Purple Heart

NOTE: His Cenotaph can be found here: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56763431

Inscription

T/SGT
HQ Co 3rd BN 149th INF
Lost at sea



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  • Maintained by: MNic
  • Originally Created by: MB
  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25434840/will_john-sircy: accessed ), memorial page for TSGT Will John Sircy (2 Dec 1920–5 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25434840, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by MNic (contributor 49619275).