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Personal info

Full name
MEYER, Joseph George Jr
Date of birth
25 December 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33024748
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Kerling-lès-Sierck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 18 17

Immediate family

Members
Joseph G. Meyer Sr. (father)
Rose (Himmler) Meyer (mother)
Rose Meyer (sister)
John Meyer (brother)
Magdalena E. (Garbush) Meyer (wife)
Carol Ann Meyer (daughter)

More information

Pfc Joseph G. Meyer Jr. was employed by the Bethlehem Steel Company before he enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 6 May 1941. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Marriages, www.newspapers.com – The Morning Call Pennsylvania - 4 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - M Blight Kumar, The Bethlehem Globe - 2 December 1944 - courtesy of John Sise