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Personal info

Full name
WEIDER, Joseph Gerard
Date of birth
16 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32836443
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 13 1

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence A. Weider (father)
Theresa M. Weider (mother)
Louis W. Weider (brother)
Richard L. Weider (brother)
Helen M. Weider (sister)
Mary F. Weider (sister)
Laurence Weider (brother)

More information

Joseph G. Weider attended Aquinas Institute and was associated with his father in a plumbing and heating business.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 2 April 1943 was sent overseas in August 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of 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 / 1925/1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle - 3 February 1945