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Personal info

Full name
OBESTER, Joseph Michael
Date of birth
24 February 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Middletown, Butler County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1016184
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 71

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Obester (father)
Helen (Danyo) Obester (mother)
Andrew R. Obester (brother)
Helen A. Obester (sister)
Pauline Obester (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Joseph M. Obester graduated from Lincoln High School and was employed at National Acme Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 27 May 1941. He was sent overseas in August, 1944.

2nd Lt Joseph M. Obester was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Lincoln High School yearbook 1932