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Personal info

Full name
JOSEPH, Joseph Leonard
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
Hometown
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
18117180
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 4 26

Immediate family

Members
Leonard Joseph (father)
Helen J. (Rosenfield) Joseph (mother)
Max Block (stepfather)
Anne Block (half-sister)
Max Block (half-brother)

More information

Cpl Joseph L. Joseph volunteered for the U.S. Army in Houston, Texas on 4 August 1942. He was a lawyer in private practice.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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 / 1930 Census / Block Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten