PFC John Calvin Sullivan

PFC John Calvin Sullivan was born 16 May 1924 in Union County, Georgia. He was the 3rd of 8 children born to Richard Barney and his 2nd wife, Florida Bellzoria (Hood) Sullivan. John had 5 older half-siblings of his father and Richard's 1st wife, Florida's older sister, Miranda, who had died of tuberculosis in 1919. Richard supported his family by farming in Union County, Georgia near Choestoe. When John registered for the draft in 1942 he was working for his half-brother, Oscar, in Colorado

John was drafted in October 1943 and began his military service at Fort McPherson, Georgia. After his basic military training he was sent to the European theater. PVT Sullivan was transferred from the replacement depot to B Company 116th Infantry on 11 Aug 1944. He fought with the unit in the liberation of Brest and on 20 Sep 1944 he was promoted to PFC. PFC Sullivan was shot in the body near Aachen, Germany on 13 Oct 1944. Evacuated to hospital he underwent a splenectomy but died of his wound(s) on 16 Oct 1944.

PFC Sullivan was repatriated and re-interred in the Union Baptist Cemetery in Choestoe, Georgia.

Older brother, Francis Marion Sullivan, served as a CPL in the U.S. Army during WW2.

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