John J. Malm was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Malm of Worcester, Massachusetts.  He had a younger sister named Elsie.  He attended the Mount Hermon School and graduated from North High School in Worcester.  He then went on to attend Burdette College in Boston where he was a member of the Delta Nu Omega fraternity.  He married Eunice Olson Malm and moved to Meriden, Connecticut.  They had a daughter named Christine Evelyn, who was seven years old when her father died. He belonged to the Masonic Lodge in Meriden and worked for the Niles, Bement, Pond division of Pratt and Whitney. He entered the Army on 15 January 1944. John was assigned to 109thInfantry Regiment of the 28thDivision.  The Regiment landed at Normandy on 20 July 1944.  By October, it was in the thick of the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.  John’s last letter to his wife was dated 28 October.  He was Killed in Action on 3 November 1944.

Information from the Meridien Record, 21 March 1945 (courtesy of Erwin Derhaag.)