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Personal info

Full name
GROISER, Joseph
Date of birth
10 February 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32572996
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 10 61

Immediate family

Members
Ludwig Groiser (father)
Frank Groiser (brother)
Karolina (Hefele) Groiser (wife)

Biography

Newark, New Jersey on 7 November 1942.

More information

Pfc Joseph Groiser attended high school for two years and was a barber before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 7 November 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / Tennessee Naturalisation Records / New York Extracted Marriage Index, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy