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Personal info

Full name
CHERR, Joseph
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
42039429
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 21

Immediate family

Members
John Cherr (father)
Michael Cherr (brother)
Stephen Cherr (brother)
Peter Cherr (brother)
Mary Cherr (sister)
Anna Cherr (sister)
Pauline Cherr (sister)
Julia Cherr (sister)
Catherine Cherr (sister)
Antoinette Cherr (wife)
Joseph Cherr Jr. (son)

More information

Joseph Cherr was the manager of Trio Drinks in New york City.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 15 September 1943 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

His parents were Austrian immigrants.

Source of information: www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, The Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)