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Personal info

Full name
NUNES, Joseph
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31069875
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

More information

Pvt Joseph Nunes enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 27 February 1942.

He was taken prisoner of war and died of his injuries in Germany. Whether he died in a POW camp or in a hospital is not known. His remains were never recovered.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel