Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
VIHTELIC, Joseph W "Joe"
Date of birth
26 August 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35851125
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kassel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 8 5

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Vihtelic (father)
Mary Vihtelic (mother)
Helen Vihtelic (sister)

More information

Pvt Joseph W. Vihtelic attended Euclid Shore High School.

He enlisted on 30 September 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census, Ohio, Birth Index, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Euclid South Shore High School - 1942, 1943, The Plain Dealer - 22 April 1945