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Personal info

Full name
IDEC, Joseph Peter
Date of birth
24 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32592964
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
1st Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
25 April 1945
Place of death
Gardelegen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 1 17

Immediate family

Members
Peter G. Idec (father)
Eva Idec (mother)
Emily Idec (sister)
Helen Idec (sister)
Walter P. Idec (brother)

More information

Joseph P. Idec worked as a stock clerk.

He enlisted in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey on 21 November 1942.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.archives.gov, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, CWGC-ABMC, www.findagrave.com, 102nd Infantry Division Unit History, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree - Mrs. Kim Zych Lovell

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Arlene Landzettel