DOB/DOD: October 13, 1923 (Kansas City, MO) – May 4, 1966; 42 years oldRELIGION: Roman CatholicMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedCOLLEGE: Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. He was ordained on May 22, 1948, at Loras. He was the second priest from the Archdiocese of Dubuque to die during wartime. A generation earlier,Continue reading “MAJOR WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGY; U.S. ARMY”
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