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Personal info

Full name
BUYLLA, Joseph A
Date of birth
19 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Vigo County, Indiana
Hometown
Donora, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33153369
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 September 1944
Place of death
Vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 6 61

Immediate family

Members
Manuel A. Buylla (father)
Marcelina A. (Menendez) Buylla (mother)
Esther A. Buylla (sister)
Trine A. Buylla (sister)
Oscar A. Buylla (brother)
Mary Buylla (sister)
Sarah Buylla (sister)

More information

Pvt Joseph A. Buylla enlisted in Camp Blanding, Florida on 23 February 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census / Virginia Marriage Records,
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy