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Personal info

Full name
BILYEW, Joe N
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Burkburnett, Wichita County, Texas

Military service

Service number
20806663
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Remiremont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 36

Immediate family

Members
Asa L. Bilyeu (father)
Ida L. (Freed) Bilyeu (mother)
Asa L. Bilyeu Jr. (brother)
John C. Bilyeu (brother)
Shirley Bilyeu (sister)
Marilyn Bilyeu (sister)
Gwendolyn Bilyeu (sister)
Guy Bilyeu (brother)

More information

Pvt Joe N. Bilyew joined the National Guard in Wichita Falls, Texas on 25 November 1940.

Note: His name was misspelled in military records and actually ended with a "u".

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record / 142ndaar-.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson