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Personal info

Full name
TACELT, Joseph Jr
Date of birth
24 March 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Haledon, Passiac County, New Jersey
Hometown
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42105095
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Eichholz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 2 24

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Tacelt (father)
Elsa (Dick) Tacelt (mother)
Elizabeth M. Tacelt (sister)
Anna F. Tacelt (sister)
Dorothy (Busch) Tacelt (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph Tacelt Jr. enlisted on 25 January 1944 in Newark, New Jersey.

On 5 February 1944 he married Dorothy Busch.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - LattmannDickTaceltBiber Family Tree, Passow Family Tree, McSherry Family Tree, Harding Family Tree, Britt/Bown/Morrow Family Tree, 1920/1930 Census, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, http://83rdinfdivdocs/ - After Action Report April 1945, www.findagrave.com - Dorothy Tacelt

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Shirley Biber