Identified Envelope
Envelope identified to Edward J. Fenelon - I Company, 329th Infantry Regiment
Original censored WWII Army Cover dated October 3, 1944. The envelope was sent by J. Fenelon #33338667 to Pvt. Joe E. Boyle (#31210164), Cushing General Hosp., Framingham, Massachusetts. The address the envelope was sent from was APO #83 which was somewhere in the ETO on this date.
Pfc. Edward J. Fenelon
Private First Class
Edward J. Fenelon
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Private First Class Edward J. Fenelon
Edward James Fenelon was born on June 30, 1922, in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, to Kathryn Elizabeth Flanagan (1887–1959) and John J Fenelon (1887–1947).
He entered the service in October 1942 and was send to Camp Atterbury and assigned to the Infantry. After take part in the Tennessee Maneuvers, he was send to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. He spend Palm Sunday at his home on furlough and just one week later, on Easter Sunday 1944, he was on the high seas en route to England. Overseas he served with Company I of the 329th Infantry Regiment. His brother John Fenelon enlisted in the Air Force in January 1942. The Morning Report from July 11, 1944, lists Edward Fenelon as SWA (Seriously Wounded in Action) and transfered to the 64th Evacuation Hospital.
The Company was in the vicinity of Sainteny, France, at that time. Edward Fenelon was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for action on July 5, 1944 near Periers, Normandy, France. Knowing that the company was desperately in need of small arms ammunition, he made a search and came upon a burning truck and trailer filled with ammunition. Without hesitation he climbed in and started separating the bandoleers wich were burning, then summoned help and distributed the remaining ammunition to the platoon. Pvt. Fenelon disregard for personal safety and devotion to duty merits the highest praise. He was twice wounded and recovered both times to rejoin his Company and continued with them until the end of the War. For his service in WWII he was awarded, among other decorations, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart Medal and the European African Middle-Eastern Campaign Medal with five Campaign Stars.
After the war, Edward James Fenelon married Sara Ann McCauley in June 1948. He died in the Montgomery Hospital on March 17, 1986, in Norristown, Pennsylvania and was survived by is wife Sara Ann Fenelon (1923-1996).
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