John M. Broderick

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Morton

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
1st Lieutenant

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
71st AAF Fighter Squadron

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Medals and Honors:

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Antonna, Italy

Biography:

born Mandan, NDak 16 Nov 19; resident Morton County, NDak; entered AUS Douglas, Ga 1 Jun 43; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 16 Jan 45 in Antonna, Italy; buried in family plot in Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, NDak.

Lt. Broderick was killed in action in Italy, Jan. 16, 1945, while serving as a fighter pilot with the Army Air Forces. A 1938 graduate of Mandan high school, he attended the University of Minnesota for a year. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., in 1943. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Coast Guard artillery and in December 1943, was promoted to First Lieutenant. He won his pilots' wings in January, 1944, and was sent overseas that December. He was 26 years of age at the time of his death.