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Personal info

Full name
CABRAL, Joseph Depadua Jr
Date of birth
30 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31018613
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vic-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 56

Immediate family

Members
Joseph D. Cabral (father)
Hilda A. (Silva) Cabral (mother)
Arthur J. Cabral (brother)
Adrian D. Cabral (brother)

More information

T/4 Joseph D. Cabral Jr. attended high school for three years and was a driver before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 1 March 1941.

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 / Larry Cormier Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman / MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Somerville, Massachusetts, www.newspapers.com – The Boston Globe 25 November 1944