Jackson-Dubuque County IA Archives Military Records.....Cavnaugh, Tech. Sgt. Robert J. April 28, 1944 WWII Army ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com February 1, 2010, 8:59 pm Tech. Sgt. Cavnaugh Dies In Action Jackson Sentinel, April 28, 1944 Tech. Sgt. Robert Cavnaugh Dies In Action War Department Makes Announcement Tech. Sgt. Robert J. Cavnaugh, 27, former Maquoketan, was killed in action in Italy, according to a message received Tuesday night by his sister, Mrs. J. C. O’Brien, of Cascade. Robert Cavnaugh is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Cavnaugh of Cascade. Before he entered the service in May 1942, he was employed by the Iowa State Highway Commission. He was married to Ruth Manderscheid, of Bellevue, at Trenton, New Jersey, December 14, 1943, and left for overseas the same month. In addition to his wife, in Bellevue, he is survived by five sisters, Mrs. J. C. Craeys, of Victor; Mrs. O’Brien, of Cascade; Mrs. Henry Digman, of Worthington; Miss Carrie Cavnaugh, of Delhi, and Sister Mary Joannes, BVM, of Iowa City, and one brother, Fred Cavnaugh, of Delhi. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/jackson/military/ww2/other/cavnaugh24nmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb