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Personal info

Full name
WESTRICK, Joseph Anslem
Date of birth
24 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Patton, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1294958
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Near Brandscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 7 27

Immediate family

Members
Francis A. Westrick (father)
Elizabeth L. (Sharbaugh) Westrick (mother)
Agnes E. Westrick (sister)
Gertrude Westrick (sister)
Helen L. Westrick (sister)
Mary M. Westrick (sister)
Raymond A. Westrick (brother)
Stephen F. Westrick (brother)
Francis A. Westrick (brother)
Barbara M. Westrick (sister)
Martha M. Westrick (sister)
Agnes L. (Krug) Westrick (wife)
Kathleen L. Westrick (daughter)

More information

2nd Lt Joseph A. Westrick attended college for four years.

He enlisted at Camp Lee, Virginia on 23 August 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Lt Westrick is remembered at the Saint Benedicts Catholic Cemetery in Carrolltown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, 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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Sharon & Dave Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Tricia, Robert J. Stockley