John Maskell obituary, 1947

MASKELL, JOHN

from the Asbury Park Evening Press 17 Nov 1947

BARNEGAT: - Burial services for Pfc. John Maskell, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Maskell, sr., formerly of High Point, were held Friday afternoon from the Bugbee Funeral Home. Barnegat Light post V.F.W. provided a military escort and the Rev. Sanford Haney, pastor of the Kynett Methodist church, Beach Haven, officiated. Interment was in Cedar Run cemetery. Private Maskell, whose parents now live in Trenton, was among the 6200 dead who arrived in New York aboard the U.S.S. Joseph V. Connolly Oct 26. He was killed in action in Germany March 12, 1945. He was a member of the 78th Division of the First Army. Before his induction into the army Feb 18, 1944, Private Maskell attended Barnegat schools.

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