Born: October 11, 1922
Died: March 3, 2005
Campaigns Served: Namur, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima (wounded)
Highest Rank Attained: Sergeant
Decorations:
Purple Heart
With Dog Company:
PFC Eugene Monahan was one of the original members of Dog Company. He served as one of the gunners in the Second Machine Gun Platoon. Monahan fought in the battle of Namur, and was transferred to Baker Company in March, 1944.
With Baker Company:
Monahan became a member of Baker Company's machine gun platoon. He earned a promotion to corporal after the battle of Saipan, and probably led a squad on Tinian.
Eugene Monahan was promoted to sergeant in the fall of 1944, and went on to fight on Iwo Jima. He was wounded and evacuated on February 21, 1945.
After the war, Monahan returned to New Jersey. He became a professional roofer, joining Roofer's Local 4 in Newark, and eventually moved to the Jersey Shore area with his wife and children.
Monahan died in Monmouth in 2005.