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Personal info

Full name
PROCTOR, Joseph Melvin
Date of birth
1 November 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas
Hometown
O'Donnell, Lynn County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38347062
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Near Châtenois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 26

Immediate family

Members
Joseph E. Proctor (father)
Kithy L. (Gregg) Proctor (mother)
R.D. Proctor (brother)
Christine Proctor (sister)
Kitty C. Proctor (sister)
Adrience (Warren) Proctor (wife)
Melvyn Roye Proctor (son)
K. Jeneane Proctor (daughter)

More information

Sgt Joseph M. Proctor was a barber before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Coffield Raborn Vetterling Mims Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - House of Proctor Genealogy
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