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Personal info

Full name
DORSEY, Joseph Homer
Date of birth
4 March 1910
Age
35
Place of birth
McCool Junction, York County, Nebraska
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39235438
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
465th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
7 May 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 7 9

Immediate family

Members
Charles N. Dorsey (father)
Martha M. (Vanberg) Dorsey (mother)
Ruth Dorsey (sister)
Wesley Dorsey (brother)
Rhoda J. Dorsey (sister)
Agnes Dorsey (sister)
Alice Dorsey (sister)
McKinley Dorsey (brother)
Charles W. Dorsey (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph H. Dorsey was a truck driver.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 9 April 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Adriana, www.ancestry.com - 1910-1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet