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Personal info

Full name
JONCAS, Joseph Wilfred
Date of birth
6 April 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31455355
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Near Rimling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 27 32

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Joncas (father)
Rosanne (Lavoie) Joncas (mother)
Roland Joncas (brother)
Jeanne Joncas (sister)
Annette Joncas (sister)
Bertha Joncas (sister)
Edna Joncas (sister)
Helen Joncas (sister)
Lorraine Joncas (sister)
Jeanette Joncas (wife)
Wilfred R. Joncas (son)
Delia Joncas (daughter)

More information

Pfc Joseph W. Joncas was a rubber mixer for Firestone before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 14 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Tree too / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com - Mr. Wilfred R. Joncas