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Personal info

Full name
TROPEA, Joseph Anthony
Date of birth
5 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31032492
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 15

Immediate family

Members
Joseph M. Tropea (father)
Celia (Giovanniello) Tropea (mother)
Frank W. Tropea (brother)
Raymond E. Tropea (brother)
David H. Tropea (brother)

More information

T/4 Joseph A. Tropea attended college and was employed at the Civillian Conservation Corps before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 22 March 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Weatherbee Johnson Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe 5 December 1944
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Brockton Massachusetts