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Personal info

Full name
LANG, Joseph John
Date of birth
13 January 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35522046
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 August 1944
Place of death
Near Kitzingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 28

Immediate family

Members
Stephen Lang (father)
Anna S. (Polomsky) Lang (mother)
Stephen J. Lang (brother)
Andrew M. Lang (brother)
William A. Lang (brother)
Olga (Sheptak) Lang (wife)
Ronald J. Lang (son)

More information

Pvt Jospeh J. Lang attended high school for one year and was a repairman before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 16 November 1942.

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

His brother, William A. Lang is buried next to him.

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 / Downey Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Hudson Louie