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Personal info

Full name
JOSEPH, Ford Elliot
Date of birth
19 December 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
O-520782
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
82nd Troop Carrier Squadron,
436th Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 20 16

Immediate family

Members
Naim A. Joseph (father)
Malkey (Kaliel) Joseph (mother)
Joseph Joseph (brother)
Effie M. Joseph (sister)
Hilda Joseph (sister)
Marie M. Joseph (sister)
Rose Joseph (sister)

More information

1st Lt Ford E. Joseph enlisted in Robertson, Missouri on 23 October 1940.

Both his parents were emigrants from Turkey.

Source of information: Tom Verheijden, Peter Schouteten, www.usaafdata.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Star and Times, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch / St. Louis Star and Times