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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Joseph Andrew
Date of birth
13 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42111961
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
Northern outskirts of Cologne, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 2 57

Immediate family

Members
Henry Miller (father)
Margaret Miller (mother)
Martha Miller (sister)
Margaret Miller (sister)
Dorothy Miller (wife)
Evelyn Miller (daughter)
Barbara Miller (daughter)

More information

Pvt Joseph A. Miller was employed by the Donner-Hanna Coke Corporation before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 29 March 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 13th Infantry Regiment, www.newspapers.com - Buffalo Evening News 29 March 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Buffalo Evening News 29 March 1945, Daniel Chiacchia (grandson) - courtesy of Debbie Holloman