CAPT. Hackett, Edward John
Service number: O-1692285
Age: Not available
Born: Jun 28, 1907, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Hometown: Westfield, New Jersey
Family:
John P. Hackett (father)
Margaret (nee Shanley) Hackett (mother)
Martin J. Hackett (brother)
Margaret Marie Hackett/Dyckman (sister)
Evelyn R. (nee Minan) Hackett (wife)
Hackett (daughter)
Rank: Captain
Function: Surgeon
Battalion: 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: Troop Squadron Surgeon
Date of death: September 11, 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Spot: Evac hospital near Malmaison, France
Last known duty: Vicinity of Malmaison, France
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Distinguished Service Cross
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot F, Row 12, Grave 37
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Date of enlistment: Entered the military from Union County, New Jersey
Other information:
Capt. Edward John Hackett was assigned as a Troop Squadron Surgeon, in the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, (Mechanized), 7th Armored Division.
He received posthumusly the Distinguished Service Cross for action near Gravelotte, France. He died of his wounds in the Aid station near Malmaison, France.
The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division web site.
ETOUSA General Order No. 22, dated 1945
Text not yet obtained
Account from newspaper article at posthumous award of DSC to his 7-year-old daughter
The citation that accompanied the award stated that Capt. Hackett sacrificed his life northeast of Malmaison, France, on Sept. 13, 1944, in an effort to reach the side of a wounded man. Capt. Hackett is described as having gone forward in a dense woods 'voluntarily beyond the assault line of our own troops to within 10 or 15 yards of dug in enemy infantry to determine the condition of a man already believed to be dead. Despite the caution of his troop commander not to do so he went forth unhesitatingly to determine the condition of the casualty and remained there alone even after being fired on by the enemy."
Service number: O-1692285
Age: Not available
Born: Jun 28, 1907, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Hometown: Westfield, New Jersey
Family:
John P. Hackett (father)
Margaret (nee Shanley) Hackett (mother)
Martin J. Hackett (brother)
Margaret Marie Hackett/Dyckman (sister)
Evelyn R. (nee Minan) Hackett (wife)
Hackett (daughter)
Rank: Captain
Function: Surgeon
Battalion: 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: Troop Squadron Surgeon
Date of death: September 11, 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Spot: Evac hospital near Malmaison, France
Last known duty: Vicinity of Malmaison, France
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Distinguished Service Cross
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot F, Row 12, Grave 37
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Date of enlistment: Entered the military from Union County, New Jersey
Other information:
Capt. Edward John Hackett was assigned as a Troop Squadron Surgeon, in the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, (Mechanized), 7th Armored Division.
He received posthumusly the Distinguished Service Cross for action near Gravelotte, France. He died of his wounds in the Aid station near Malmaison, France.
The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division web site.
ETOUSA General Order No. 22, dated 1945
Text not yet obtained
Account from newspaper article at posthumous award of DSC to his 7-year-old daughter
The citation that accompanied the award stated that Capt. Hackett sacrificed his life northeast of Malmaison, France, on Sept. 13, 1944, in an effort to reach the side of a wounded man. Capt. Hackett is described as having gone forward in a dense woods 'voluntarily beyond the assault line of our own troops to within 10 or 15 yards of dug in enemy infantry to determine the condition of a man already believed to be dead. Despite the caution of his troop commander not to do so he went forth unhesitatingly to determine the condition of the casualty and remained there alone even after being fired on by the enemy."
CAPT. Hackett, Edward John
Service number: O-1692285
Age: Not available
Born: Jun 28, 1907, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Hometown: Westfield, New Jersey
Family:
John P. Hackett (father)
Margaret (nee Shanley) Hackett (mother)
Martin J. Hackett (brother)
Margaret Marie Hackett/Dyckman (sister)
Evelyn R. (nee Minan) Hackett (wife)
Hackett (daughter)
Rank: Captain
Function: Surgeon
Battalion: 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: Troop Squadron Surgeon
Date of death: September 11, 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Spot: Evac hospital near Malmaison, France
Last known duty: Vicinity of Malmaison, France
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Distinguished Service Cross
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot F, Row 12, Grave 37
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Date of enlistment: Entered the military from Union County, New Jersey
Other information:
Capt. Edward John Hackett was assigned as a Troop Squadron Surgeon, in the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, (Mechanized), 7th Armored Division.
He received posthumusly the Distinguished Service Cross for action near Gravelotte, France. He died of his wounds in the Aid station near Malmaison, France.
The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division web site.
ETOUSA General Order No. 22, dated 1945
Text not yet obtained
Account from newspaper article at posthumous award of DSC to his 7-year-old daughter
The citation that accompanied the award stated that Capt. Hackett sacrificed his life northeast of Malmaison, France, on Sept. 13, 1944, in an effort to reach the side of a wounded man. Capt. Hackett is described as having gone forward in a dense woods 'voluntarily beyond the assault line of our own troops to within 10 or 15 yards of dug in enemy infantry to determine the condition of a man already believed to be dead. Despite the caution of his troop commander not to do so he went forth unhesitatingly to determine the condition of the casualty and remained there alone even after being fired on by the enemy."
Service number: O-1692285
Age: Not available
Born: Jun 28, 1907, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Hometown: Westfield, New Jersey
Family:
John P. Hackett (father)
Margaret (nee Shanley) Hackett (mother)
Martin J. Hackett (brother)
Margaret Marie Hackett/Dyckman (sister)
Evelyn R. (nee Minan) Hackett (wife)
Hackett (daughter)
Rank: Captain
Function: Surgeon
Battalion: 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: Troop Squadron Surgeon
Date of death: September 11, 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Spot: Evac hospital near Malmaison, France
Last known duty: Vicinity of Malmaison, France
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Distinguished Service Cross
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot F, Row 12, Grave 37
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Date of enlistment: Entered the military from Union County, New Jersey
Other information:
Capt. Edward John Hackett was assigned as a Troop Squadron Surgeon, in the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, (Mechanized), 7th Armored Division.
He received posthumusly the Distinguished Service Cross for action near Gravelotte, France. He died of his wounds in the Aid station near Malmaison, France.
The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division web site.
ETOUSA General Order No. 22, dated 1945
Text not yet obtained
Account from newspaper article at posthumous award of DSC to his 7-year-old daughter
The citation that accompanied the award stated that Capt. Hackett sacrificed his life northeast of Malmaison, France, on Sept. 13, 1944, in an effort to reach the side of a wounded man. Capt. Hackett is described as having gone forward in a dense woods 'voluntarily beyond the assault line of our own troops to within 10 or 15 yards of dug in enemy infantry to determine the condition of a man already believed to be dead. Despite the caution of his troop commander not to do so he went forth unhesitatingly to determine the condition of the casualty and remained there alone even after being fired on by the enemy."
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New Jersey.
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