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Personal info

Full name
SCHULIEN, Joseph Francis
Date of birth
16 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36304619
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
Near Stieldorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 13 44

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Schulien (father)
Cecelia C.M.M. (Zimmer) Schulien (mother)
Lolita M. Schulien (sister)
Marcella J. Schulien (sister)
Marie A. Schulien (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Joseph F. Schulien enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 7 November 1941.
He attended 1 years of college and was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Block K-4, Row 1, Grave 6.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – James L. Cooper, Richard Blunk, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet