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Personal info

Full name
FOLEY, Joseph E
Date of birth
20 July 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
12043339
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
North of Kiekberg Forest, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 20 7

Immediate family

Members
James J. Foley (father)
Anna (Lindie) Foley (mother)
James Foley (brother)
Frank Foley (brother)
William J. Foley (brother)
John Foley (brother)
Margaret Foley (sister)
Anna Foley (sister)
Paul Foley (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph E. Foley worked as a machine operator for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in New York City, New York on 22 January 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, 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, http://ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet