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Personal info

Full name
MARCUM, Joe W
Date of birth
14 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34273146
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 22 20

Immediate family

Members
John S. Marcum (father)
Susan L. (Evans) Marcum (mother)
John H. Marcum (brother)
Mary E. Marcum (sister)
James S. Marcum (brother)
Zellin D. Marcum (brother)
Ruthie J. Marcum (sister)
Herbert L. Marcum (brother)
Elizabeth Marcum (sister)
Dorothy Marcum (sister)
Benjamin F. Marcum (brother)

More information

Pfc Joe W. Marcum enlisted in Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 6 March 1942.

First buried at Block G, Row 5, Grave 106.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/325/325_honor_mo.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Winters Family Tree / 1930 Census / 1940 Census

Photo source: Jac Engels