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DOSS, Joel Herbert - Date of
birth
7 November 1922 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Strawberry, Lawrence County, Arkansas -
Hometown
Bird, Jackson County, Arkansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38446020 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
24 December 1944 - Place of
death
Bitburg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Adolphus L. Doss (father)
Nellie (Roberts) Doss (mother)
Dearene Doss (sister)
Paul Doss (brother)
Marie Doss (sister)
Parnell Doss (brother)
More information
Pvt Joel H. Doss enlisted in January 1943.Doss was taken first to the 1st Battalion aid station and later to the dvision hospital, west of Bastogne. When Doss along with other wounded men from the 1st Battalion arrived there, they were taken prisoner when the hospital was overrun by the enemy just after midnight on 20 December 1944. A soldier mentioned a wounded soldier with a severe head wound as a medical aidman tried to calm Doss down but to no avail.
He was evacuated to a German hospital inBitburg, Germany. Surgery was performed on 22 December 1944. Two days later the hospital was bombed which resulted in several casualties under the prisoners, including Private Doss.
Doss was first buried in a cemetery in Bitburg.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – John Bohatch