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Personal info

Full name
MEYER, Joseph Harlan
Date of birth
30 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
Hometown
Klamath County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39344087
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 5 8

Immediate family

Members
Charles Meyer (father)
Angeline A. (Wing) Meyer (mother)
Dennis Meyer (brother)
Wayne Meyer (brother)
Lebanon Meyer (brother)
Lyle Meyer (brother)
Virgil Meyer (brother)
Hugh Meyer (brother)
Leslie Meyer (brother)
Aletha M. (Libolt) Meyer (wife)
Leslie Meyer (son)
Dolores Meyer (daughter)
Charles L. Meyer (son)

More information

Pfc Joseph H. Meyer worked on a farm before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 21 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, 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, www.newspapers.com - Herald and News, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, www.newspapers.com - Herald and News