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SILLS, Joseph Franklin - Date of
birth
8 March 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Warriors Mark, Blair, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Centre County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33568877 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
732nd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 June 1944 - Place of
death
North Sea, near Walcheren Island, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 7 | 36 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Frank S. Sills (father)
Ella M. (Kocher) Sills (mother)
David H. Sills (brother)
Dorothy M. (Homan) Sills (wife)
Kenneth J. Sills (son)
Gerald L. Sills (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-28619 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Juvincourt, France
MACR: 6232
More information
T/Sgt Joseph F. Sills was employed at Centre Daily Times.He enlisted on 11 January 1943 and was sent overseas in April 1944.
The airplane was hit by flak.
T/Sgt Sills was first buried at the cemetery of Vlissingen.
T/Sgt Sills is remembered at Burket Cemetery in Warriors Mark, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania with a memorial marker.
Source of information: FOHF, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / 1930 census / Pennsylvania Veterans Compensation Application
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Monique Ketcham, www.findagrave.com