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JOSCELYN, Earl Frederick - Date of
birth
26 June 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Bethpage, Nassau County, New York -
Hometown
Lawrence, Nassau County, New York -
Religion
Protestant
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
42066677 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
25 October 1944 - Place of
death
Oberursel, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 21 | 15 |
Immediate family
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Members
Frederick K. Joscelyn (father)
Alice M. (Stine) Joscelyn (mother)
Gladys S. Joscelyn (sister)
Gladys S. (Greene) Joscelyn (wife)
Joy L. Joscelyn (daughter)
More information
Pfc Earl F. Joscelyn worked for the Grumman aircraft plant and devoting his off-job hours to his duties as pastor of the Community Gospel Chapel in Inwood.He enlisted on 5 February 1944 and was sent overseas in July 1944.
He was taken prisoner on 2 October 1944 and died in a German hospital of wounds he sustained in the vicinity of Aachen in September 1944. His wife received a letter apparently written for her husband by a German nurse. In it he told how he had been wounded and taken prisoner after lying unattended on the battlefield for 36 hours.
His daughter was only 18 months of age when he died.
Source of information: Teresa Schwind, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Greene 2011 Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - The Long-Islander
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - The Long-Islander