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Personal info

Full name
ROSS, Joseph Napoleon Gerard
Date of birth
6 November 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
6137713
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 8 30

Immediate family

Members
Hormisdas Ross (father)
Mary J. (Rail) Ross (mother)
Merlida (Roy) Ross (stepmother)
Maurice Ross (brother)
Joseph M. Ross (brother)
Philip R. Ross (brother)
Gaston F. Ross (brother)
Gloria L. Ross (sister)
Reginald J. Ross (brother)
Edward R. Ross (half-brother)
Lorraine T. Ross (half-sister)
Edith M. (Allen) Ross (wife)
Mary J. Ross (daughter)
Joseph J. Ross (son)

More information

T/Sgt Joseph N. G. Ross was a machine operator.

He joined the Regular Army in Ithaca, New York on 1 July 1940.

His brother, Pvt Joseph M. Ross, is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940/1950 Census, http://75thdivisiondad.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Cory Hedin, Gaye Johnson (granddaughter) - courtesy of Kathy McDermott