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Personal info

Full name
TRIBBLE, Joe A
Date of birth
5 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Milford, Elkhart County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35899007
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 6 61

Immediate family

Members
Joe F. Tribble (father)
Iva Tribble (mother)
Robert D. Tribble (brother)
Richard E. Tribble (brother)
Dona (Hanson) Tribble (sister)
Ruby (Campbell) Tribble (sister)
Patsy Tribble (sister)
Dean Tribble (brother)
Helen (Oswalt) Tribble (wife)

More information

Pfc Joe A. Tribble enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 16 November 1943 and trained at Camp Blanding, Florida and at Fort George Meade, Maryland. He was sent overseas last on 14 June 1944.

Pfc Tribble died of lobar Pneumonia.

Source of information: FOHF, Warsaw Daily Union - Jan 11, 1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Warsaw Daily Union - Jan 11, 1945