 Edward J. Fenelon, 1943
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Edward James Fenelon was born on June 30, 1922 in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, as the son of the late John J. and Kathryn (Flanagan) Fenelon.
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. He was twice wounded and recovered both times to rejoin his Company and continued with them until the end of the War.
He married Sara McCauley in 1948.
Edward J. Fenelon died on March 17, 1986, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, when he was 63 years old.
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