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PRIVATE
FIRST CLASS PAUL V. HEARNE was born April 6, 1922 in Barrington NJ. He was
the oldest child of Paul P. and Lillian Hearne. His father was a Navy
veteran of World War I. At the time of the 1930
census, the Hearne family lived at 400 Reading Avenue in Barrington NJ.
The elder Hearne was working as a blocker in a print shop. Paul V.
Hearne was 7 at the time of the census, and the family also included a
sister, Mary, and an infant brother, James. The Hearne grandparents
lived on the same block, at 407 Reading Avenue. Paul Hearne received his
early education at the St. Rose of Lima school in Haddon Heights NJ. He
worked for the Hinde & Dauch Paper Company in Gloucester City NJ
prior to enlisting in the Marines.
Paul V. Hearne entered the United States Marine
Corps in September of 1942. He was killed in action on Guam on July 22, 1944 at the age of 22. He had resided at 305 Albany
Avenue, Barrington
NJ, and was survived by parents, of 419
Reading Avenue, Barrington, as reported in the August 28, 1944 edition of the Camden
Courier-Post.
Paul Hearne was brought
home after the war. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery on April 17, 1948.
He rests next to his father, who
passed away in April of 1957.
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