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JOSCELYN, Earl Frederick - Date of
birth
26 June 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Bethpage, Nassau County, New York -
Hometown
Lawrence, Nassau County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
42066677 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
25 October 1944 - Place of
death
Hohe Mark Hospital, Serves Dulag Luft
Oberursel Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-07
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 21 | 15 |
Immediate family
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Members
Frederick K. Joscelyn (father)
Alice M. (Stine) Joscelyn (mother)
Gladys S. Joscelyn (sister)
Gladys S. (Greene) Joscelyn (wife)
Joy L. Joscelyn (daughter)
More information
Pfc Earl F. Joscelyn was captured on 2 October 1944.He was working at the Grumman aircraft plant and devoting his off-job hours to his duties as pastor of the Community Gospel Chapel at Inwood. He was stationed at Camp Croft S.C., when he was called into service Feb. 5, 1944. Shortly before he was sent overseas in July, 1944 he was appointed an assistant chaplain. He was in Paris when the capital was liberated and served with the 1st Army sprearhead which invaded Germany at Aachen. He travelled through Scotland, England, France and was in Paris at the time of the liberation. From there he went to Belgium and then to Germany.
He died in a German hospital of wounds he received in the Aachen sector, Sept. 1944. He was reported missing in October and then later his wife received a letter apparently written for her husband by a German nurse. In it he told how he had been wounded and taken prisoner after lying unattended on the battlefield for 36 hours. Pfc Joscelyn left behind his widow and an 18-month-old daughter Joy Lorraine.
Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, Astrid van Erp, Teresa Schwind, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Greene 2011 Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - The Long-Islander
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - The Long-Islander