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Personal info

Full name
BOST, Joseph Sylvester
Date of birth
20 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Whitaker Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Whitaker Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33776178
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fresnes, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 7 10

Immediate family

Members
Henry N. Bost (father)
Emma E. (Boyer) Bost (mother)
Fred W. Bost (brother)
Clyde H. Bost (brother)
James W. Bost (brother)
Ortrude H. Bost (sister)
Florence J. Bost (sister)
Virginia A. Bost (sister)
Emma Bost (brother)
Anna M. (Garret) Bost (wife)

More information

Pvt Joseph S. Bost was employed at the Carnegie Illinois Steel Company before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 21 March 1944. He was sent overseas on 10 September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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

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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Mary Jane Kratzenberg Senn, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph 18 November 1944
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