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Personal info

Full name
KERRISH, Joseph
Date of birth
3 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33304692
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 11 44

Immediate family

Members
John Kerrish (father)
Anna (Harasim) Kerrish (mother)
Anna Kerrish (sister)
Mary Kerrish (sister)
John Kerrish (brother)
Julia Kerrish (sister)
Andrew Kerrish (brother)
Michael Kerrish (brother)

More information

Joseph Kerrish attended high school for three years.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 21 September 1942.

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 / Malay Family Tree / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph - 29 August 1944