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Personal info

Full name
PENNY, Joseph Mohler
Date of birth
7 November 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1325697
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Morville-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 43 27

Immediate family

Members
Joseph M. Penny (father)
Loneda (Warner) Penny (mother)
Kenneth Penny (brother)
Mary J. Penny (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Joseph M. Penny graduated from Fosdick-Masten Park High School in 1938 and attended the Hill School of Business. He was a manager, employed by A&M Karagheusian Incorporated.

He joined the National Guard in Buffalo, New York on 9 September 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / New York National Guard Service Cards/ Indiana Birth Certificates, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent, Buffalo News - 12 October 1944, Fosdick-Masten Park High School - 1938