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Personal info

Full name
MCELVEEN, Joseph M
Date of birth
11 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Florence, Tampa, Florida
Hometown
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O1298894
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lure, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 34 42

Immediate family

Members
Joseph M. McElveen (father)
Frances (Hicks) McElveen (mother)
Thomas M. McElveen (brother)
Henty McElveen (brother)
Clarence McElveen (brother)
Gladys McElveen (sister)
Natocen McElveen (sister)
Frances McElveen (sister)

More information

1st Lt Joseph M. McElveen Jr. attended Plant City High School where he was a member of the football team. He then moved to Columbia and graduated from Columbia High School in 1939.

Before he joined the Washington Light Infantry National Guard on 16 September 1940, he was employed by the Swift & Company in Charleston.

He received his commission at Fort Benning, Georgia and was then assigned to Fort Breckenridge, Kentucky.

He was sent overseas in 1943 and served in the African Campaign, on Sicily, in Italy and France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The State South Carolina