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Personal info

Full name
JOSSUND, Jens Albright
Date of birth
30 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Jøssund, Ørland, Norway
Hometown
South Range, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36295944
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Near Rémabois Forest, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 27 5

Immediate family

Members
John K. Jossund (father)
Aline K. Jossund (mother)
Christian Jossund (brother)
Alan Jossund (brother)
Odin Jossund (brother)
Olaf Jossund (brother)

More information

Pfc Jens A. Jossund attended high school for two years and was a sailor and deckhand before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 8 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock.

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 Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census / The Evening Telegram, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - The Evening Telegram