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Personal info

Full name
MC CUSKEY, Joseph William
Date of birth
24 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35314090
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 8 56

Immediate family

Members
Joseph W. Mc Cuskey (father)
Ruth A. (Moore) Mc Cuskey (mother)
Dorothy A. Mc Cuskey (sister)
Gloria A. (Rusher) Mc Cuskey (wife)

More information

Pvt Joseph W. Mc Cuskey enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 14 July 1942.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten