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Personal info

Full name
WORTHINGTON, Joseph
Date of birth
29 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33951314
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Edingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 8 18

Immediate family

Members
Jon J. Worthington (father)
Emma B. (Kugler) Worthington (mother)
Edward T. Worthington (brother)
John J. Worthington (brother)
William J. Worthington (brother)
Mary T. (Curran) Worthington (wife)
Mary Worthington (daughter)
John J. Worthington (son)

More information

Pfc Joseph Worthington attended Girard College in Philadelphia and worked at the Bendix Aviation Corporation before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 29 June 1944.

He was wounded in action on 4 april 1945 and evacuated to the to the 67th Evacuation Hospital that was operating from a small grass field in Edingen at that time. He died a day later. (The information about the exact location of the 67th Evac. Hosp. was given by four eyewitnesses to Claudio Becker, a local researcher and historian.)

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Combat History of the 8th Infantry Division in World War II Lt Marc F. Griesbach, http://www.med-dept.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Philippe Smeets, www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet