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Personal info

Full name
ENDRESS, Joseph G
Date of birth
6 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35794244
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
The high ground 1 mile east of Lanzerath, overlooking Losheim, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 12 23

Immediate family

Members
Adam Endress (father)
Hilda M. (Ernst) Endress (mother)
Raymond O. Endress (brother)
Melvin H. Endress (brother)
Helen R. Endress (sister)
Dorothy Endress (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Joseph G. Endress worked in a machine shop. He enlisted in Cincinnati County on 18 January 1943.

He attended Western Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio and worked for the Cincinnati Bickford Machine Tool Co. before entering the Army. He had been overseas since December 1943.

His brother Melvin was killed on 19 March 1945, serving with the U.S. Navy and is buried at Honolulu Cemetery.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, WW2 Airborne, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer