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CEGLIA, Joseph T - Date of
birth
20 September 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32307704 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Squad Leader -
Unit
B Company,
38th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 April 1945 - Place of
death
Holthausen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| L | 8 | 9 |
Immediate family
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Members
Vincenzo Ceglia (father)
Almerica (Gioseffi) Ceglia (mother)
Vincenzo Ceglia (brother)
Fiore Ceglia (brother)
Lelio C. Ceglia (brother)
Nicholas Ceglia (brother)
Americo Ceglia (brother)
Salvatore Ceglia (brother)
Rose Ceglia (sister)
Leonard E. Ceglia (brother)
More information
S/Sgt Joseph T. Ceglia graduated from Newark West High School and had been employed at the Briktex Corporation.He enlisted on 11 June 1942 in Newark, New Jersey.
His father was born in Italy, his mother in Argentina.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, Family Trees, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, Enlistment Record
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Newark West High School - 1934