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FERENCE, Joseph J - Date of
birth
7 October 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33020639 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
15 November 1944 - Place of
death
France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 26 | 3 |
Immediate family
-
Members
John Ference (father)
Rose C. Ference (mother)
Mary Ference (sister)
John Ference (brother)
Elizabeth Ference (sister)
More information
Pvt Joseph J. Ference enlisted in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 21 January 1941.He received training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Camp Bowie, Texas; Fort Custer, Michigan and Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky. He trained for infantry but was later transferred to military police. He again volunteered for the infantry prior to going overseas in September 1944.
Pvt Ference was killed in action exactly two years after his brother John died at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application files WWII / 1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) - Dec 6, 1944
Photo source: -, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) - Dec 6, 1944