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Personal info

Full name
MIADLE, Joseph John
Date of birth
10 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Redwood, Minnesota
Hometown
Royalton, Morrison County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37159569
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
744th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
Rhine River below Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 20 17

Immediate family

Members
John J. Miadle (father)
Anna (Zeis) Miadle (mother)
Catherine Miadle (sister)
Frank Miadle (brother)
Anton Miadle (brother)
Anna Miadle (sister)
Edward F. Miadle (brother)
Stella Miadle (sister)
Marcella R. Miadle (sister)
Elsie M. Miadle (sister)
Dorothy M. Miadle (sister)
Alfred A. Miadle (brother)
Raymond Miadle (brother)

More information

The Miadle family moved to Royalton from Wanda, where John was born December 17, 1914. Entering the military service January 26, 1942, he received his basic training at Fort Knox in Kentucky. He had been overseas 10 months.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, http://www.memorial.com, http://cgsc.cententdm.oclc.org - The 744th Light Tank Battalion: VE Day, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Birth Index / Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Joek Hulsmann