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Personal info

Full name
DESPRES, Joseph Couillard
Date of birth
25 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11050692
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
191st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nieder Würzbach-Bissingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 66

Immediate family

Members
Camille C. Despres (father)
Azilda (Ducharme) Despres (mother)
Arthur C. Despres (brother)
Loretta G. Despres (sister)
Cecile C. Despres (sister)
Emile E. Despres (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph C. Despres was an edge trimmer.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 13 April 1944.

He was killed by shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Damaris Acevedo / SueMac