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Personal info

Full name
WAGNER, Joseph Anton "Joe"
Date of birth
6 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Hometown
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39578897
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
unknown
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
Region de Weywertz-Schoppen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 11 67

Immediate family

Members
John Wagner (father)
Carlota E. Wagner (mother)
Jennie Wagner (sister)
Hortense Wagner (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph A. Wagner worked in an aircraft factory.

He enlisted at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California on 15 March 1944.

His mother was born in Mexico.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S., WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, 1942-1947 / 1930/1940 Census, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Joseph Brouwier, Arizona Daily Star 9 February 1945