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Personal info

Full name
FRIEND, Joseph
Date of birth
20 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
33468149
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
21st Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 8 19

Immediate family

Members
Harry H. Friend (father)
Pauline (Himmelfarb) Friend (mother)
Helene Friend (sister)
Betty Friend (sister)
Libby J. (Lipshitz) Friend (wife)

More information

Cpl Joseph Friend attended college for one year and was a textile weaver before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 13 November 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, 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 / Finlestein Mikelberg Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery