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Personal info

Full name
CONJAR, Joseph George
Date of birth
19 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Harrisburn, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33873789
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 7 51

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence Conjar (father)
Barbara (Krescan) Conjar (mother)
Lawrence C. Conjar (brother)
Lewis T. Conjar (brother)
John P. Conjar (brother)
Mary Conjar (sister)
George W. Conjar (brother)
Helen Conjar (sister)
Nicholas J. Conjar (brother)
Catherine Conjar (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph G. Conjar attended Catholic High School and was employed at the Central Iron and Steel Company before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 17 December 1943. He was stationed at Camp Croft, South Carolina before he was sent overseas in May 1944.

He had two brothers and a brother-in-law in the service, John P. Conjar with a tank destroyer unit, Sgt Lawrence C. Conjar with an anti-aircraft group in France and John Vranich in the Army Air Corps serving overseas.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, 1930/1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburgh Telegraph

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburgh Telegraph