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Personal info

Full name
KNESAL, Joseph John
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Pulaski County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38511006
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 33 5

Immediate family

Members
David C. Knesal (fFther)
Clara Knesal (mother)
David Knesal (brother)
Margaret Knesal (sister)
Katherine Knesal (sister)
Marie Knesal (sister)
Christine Knesal (sister)
William E. Knesal (brother)
Helen L. (Holloman) Knesal (wife)
Jo Ellyn Knesal (daughter)

More information

Pvt Joseph J. Knesal enlisted on 13 July 1943 at Little Rock, Arkansas. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com McVeigh Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: FOHF, Arkansas Gazette - 29 January 1945