Pvt John J. Driscoll WEYMOUTH, July 7 Services for Pvt John J. Driscoll, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Driscoll of Browning St., killed in action on D-Day, June 6, 1944, will be held here Saturday morning, The funeral will be conducted from the Daniel H. Clancy Funeral Home, 100 Washington st. at 8, followed by a solemn requiem high mass at the Sacred Heart Church at 9. Burial will be at Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree, Driscoll. a member of Company B, 508 Parachute Infantry, 82d Division, was killed in Normandie, France.

[The Boston Globe, Boston, MA, 06 Jul 1948, Tue, Main Edition, Page 18]

DRISCOLL Of Weymouth. In Normandy. France. Killed in action on D-Day June 6, 1944, Pvt. John James Driscoll of Company B. 508th Parachute Infantry. 82d Div. Age 27 yr. Beloved son of John D. and Mary E. (Malloy) Driscoll of 64 Browning st., Weymouth. Formerly of North Cambridge and Dorchester. Funeral from the Daniel H. Clancy Funeral Home. 100 Washington st.., Weymouth. Saturday. July 10, at 8 o'clock. Solemn Requiem High Mass at the Sacred Heart Church. Weymouth, at 9 o'clock. Calling hours at funeral home Friday. June 9 from 2-5 and 7-10 p. m. relatives and friends invited. Burial at Blue Hill Cemetery. Braintree.

[The Boston Globe, Boston, MA, 08 Jul 1948, Fri, Main Edition, Page 24]

(all courtesy of Ed McDonough) 

Grave markers for Pvt John J Driscoll in the Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree (Norfolk county), Massachusetts.

John enlisted in the Army at Boston, MA on 6 January 1942 and was assigned to Company B, 508th PIR.

Pvt Driscoll took part in the Normandy Invasion jump on D-Day and was reported in the 26 June 1944 Morning Report as Missing in Action as of 6 June 1944.  It was not until 1 November 1944 that he was confirmed as Killed In Action as of 6 June, a possible indication that he had come down in a flood zone and drowned.

Pvt Driscoll was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge.