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Personal info

Full name
LANE, Joseph Francis
Date of birth
30 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
42079563
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 20 8

Immediate family

Members
William F. Lane (father)
Martha (Munro) Lane (mother)
Margaret M. (Curley) Lane (wife)
Joseph Francis Lane Jr. (son)
Margaret M. Lane (daughter)

More information

Pfc Joseph F. Lane attended Manuel Training High School and Poly Prep. He was a salesman with Coopers' Inc in Manhattan.

He enlisted in Camp Upton, New York on 15 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten,Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 15 March 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle