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Personal info

Full name
CANBY, Joseph Olden Jr
Date of birth
10 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Hulmeville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hulmeville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33939326
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 5 23

Immediate family

Members
Joseph O. Canby Sr. (father)
Dorothy D. (Davis) Canby (mother)
Susan L. Canby (stepmother)
Elizabeth L. Canby (sister)
Cicely A. Canby (sister)
Alma M. (Hoge) Canby (wife)

More information

Pvt Joseph O. Canby Jr. worked on the family farm before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 15 May 1944. He was sent overseas on 18 September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax and shoulder.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Collins Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery