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Personal info

Full name
MARCHESI, Joseph Aloysius
Date of birth
18 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
New York City, Bronx, New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32807171
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
701st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Boslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Jerry A. Marchesi (father)
Grace Marchesi (mother)
Vincent Marchesi (brother)
Gerald Marchesi (brother)

More information

Cpl Joseph A. Marchesi graduated from Evander Childs High School

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 16 February 1943.

Cpl Marchesi is remembered at Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens County, New York with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 701st Tank Battalion, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Daily News - 5 April 1945, www.findagrave.com - Inis Fada