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Personal info

Full name
ROSSITER, Joel Hubbard
Date of birth
29 March 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36770007
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Setterich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 14 3

Immediate family

Members
Louis B. Rossiter (father)
Ellen L. (Olsen) Rossiter (mother)
Maurice L. Rossiter (brother)
Helen (Watson) Rossiter (wife)

More information

Pvt Joel H. Rossiter received a law degree from Northwestern University in 1936. He was employed as the assistant head of the tax department at US Gypsum

He enlisted in November 1943 and he joined his unit from a replacement depot on 25 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.newspapers.com - The Pantagraph, www.ancestry.com - Birth Certificate / 1920/1940 Census / Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, The Rattle of Theta Chi

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - University of Illinois Yearbook 1933