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Personal info

Full name
ROMAN, Joseph A
Date of birth
1 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Three Rivers, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Three Rivers, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31064824
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 10 13

Immediate family

Members
William Roman (father)
Apolania (Strzempka) Roman (mother)
Josephine P. Roman (sister)
Edward W. Roman (brother)
Rose J. Roman (sister)
Floyd Roman (brother)
Andrew S. Roman (brother)
Anthony V. Roman (brother)

More information

Joseph A. Roman graduated from Palmer High School and was employed at the Textile Printing Company.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 13 February 1942. He first trained with the medical unit of the Air Corps and while at Fort Knox, Kentucky, suffered a fractured leg as the result of which he was hospitalized for some time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, WWII Draft Card, Springfield Republican 27 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Springfield Republican 27 April 1945