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Personal info

Full name
ST ONGE, Joseph Francis
Date of birth
27 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Meridan, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31454796
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Near Schweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 7 40

Immediate family

Members
Francois X. St Onge (father)
Elizabeth (Beauregard) St Onge (mother)
Francis St Onge (brother)
Louis St Onge (brother)
Elizabeth M. St Onge (sister)
Georgie St Onge (brother)
Marie E. St Onge (sister)
Edward St Onge (brother)
Victoria P. (Koczen) St Onge (wife)
Frank J. St Onge (son)
Robert L. St Onge (son)
Patricia St Onge (daughter)

More information

Pfc Joseph F. St Onge enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 10 March 1944.

He was a driver before he enlisted.

His brother Edward St Onge died June 23, 1944 and is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery.

Pfc Joseph F. St Onge was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Addy Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet