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Personal info

Full name
RAMSEY, Joseph Marion
Date of birth
12 March 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Henry County, Virginia
Hometown
Bassett, Henry County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33654938
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 4 41

Immediate family

Members
George B. Ramsey (father)
Sallie K. (Oakley) Ramsey (mother)
William B. Ramsey (brother)
Sallie L. Ramsey (sister)
Ruby G. Ramsey (sister)
Lottie M. Ramsey (sister)
Lucy K. Ramsey (sister)
Ruth A. Ramsey (sister)
Mildred C. (Scott) Ramsey (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph M. Ramsey enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 17 July 1943.

He was a foreman manufacturing before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Jackson Eugene Ramsey Family Tree / Virginia, Marriage Records

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, "Our Men in Service" Martinsville Bulletin newspaper clippings, Bassett Historical Center