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Personal info

Full name
ROCHE, Joseph John
Date of birth
4 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35066434
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Forêt de Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 28 82

Immediate family

Members
John T. Roche (father)
Loretta (Sammon) Roche (mother)
Donald Roche (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph J. Roche graduated from Collinwood High School in 1943. He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 16 June 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the stomach.

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.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Patti Johnson, Collinwood High School - 1943