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Personal info

Full name
MICKLOS, Joseph Andrew
Date of birth
30 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Hometown
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42081082
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 12 36

Immediate family

Members
Anna S. Micklos (mother)
Margaret Micklos (sister)

More information

Pvt Joseph A. Micklos was employed at Scrammel China Company before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 24 November 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – The Times - 16 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Damaris Acevedo, www.newspapers.com – The Times - 16 January 1945