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Personal info

Full name
CORMIER, Joseph Yvon
Date of birth
28 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
College Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada
Hometown
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31018655
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Near Doncols, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 10 64

Immediate family

Members
Vital H. Cormier (father)
Exilda Z. (Leblanc) Cormier (mother)
Henry Cormier (brother)
Anna Cormier (sister)
Raymond Cormier (brother)
Marie Cormier (sister)
Marguerite M. Cormier (sister)
Cecile Cormier (sister)

More information

T/5 Joseph Y. Cormier attended high school for one year and was a mechanic and repairman before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 1 March 1941 and sent overseas in July 1944.

He died in a field hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Hannah Majewski - Debbie Pacheco, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Timothy Martin Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hannah Majewski - Janet Dube