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PRIVATE
MICHAEL J. HANAGHUE JR. was born on May 19, 1894 in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania to Michael Hanaghue and his wife, the former Ellen Coyne.
His father was a blacksmith. The 1910 Census shows the Hanaghue family
living in Philadelphia. Besides Michael the family included older
siblings Anthony and Mary, and younger siblings James, Helena, and Anna
Hanaghue.
Michael J.
Hanaghue was living in Philadelphia when he registered for the draft on
June 5, 1917. Soon afterwards the Hanaghue family moved to 2825 Concord
Avenue in Camden's Cramer Hill neighborhood. Michael
Hanaghue was inducted into the United States Army in Philadelphia on
June 1, 1918. After training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina he was sent
overseas as a replacement, and assigned to the 315th Trench Mortar
Battery, 90th Infantry Division on September 24, 1918 after the battle
of St. Mihiel. Private
Hanaghue survived the fighting, and served with the 90th Infantry
Division in Germany after the war's end. He returned to the United
States on March 12, 1919 and was sent to Camp Merrit, New Jersey. Sadly,
he fell victim to the Spanish
flu pandemic that took he lives of millions during the 1918 and 1919. He
died at Camp Merritt of influenza and bronchial pneumonia on March 26,
1919.
The Hanaghue
family remained in Cramer Hill for many years thereafter. |
