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Personal info

Full name
MILLS, Joseph C
Date of birth
26 November 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Knottsville, Daviess County, Kentucky
Hometown
Knottsville, Daviess County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
6919651
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Magdesprung-Friedrichsbrunn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 5 4

Immediate family

Members
William D. Mills (father)
Gertrude (Elder) Mills (mother)
James R. Mills (brother)
John E. Mills (brother)
Katherine Mills (sister)
Lucille Bickett (half-sister)

More information

Sgt Joseph C. Mills joined the Regular Army on 6 March 1939.

At the time of his death his brother James was stationed at Camp Wolters, Texas and his brother John was serving in Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.9thinfantrydivision.net, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Messenger Inquirer 11 June 1945