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Personal info

Full name
HOHOL, Joseph
Date of birth
30 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Edwardsville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Luzerne, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33608229
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 10 68

Immediate family

Members
Peter Hohol (father)
Susan (Bindas) Hohol (mother)
Michael Hohol (brother)
Anna M. Hohol (sister)
John Hohol (brother)
Emil D. Hohol (brother)
Helen (Kasarda) Hohol (wife)
Helen Hohol (daughter)
Jean M. Hohol (daughter)

More information

T/5 Joseph Hohol was a baker at Irrmans Bakery.

He enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 14 July 1943. He received his basic training at Camp Fannin and was sent overseas in September, 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the chest and head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Stewart Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen, The Times Lead - 27 March 1945

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