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Personal info

Full name
STONE, Joseph John
Date of birth
21 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35245008
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 10 15

Immediate family

Members
George Stone (father)
Josephine (Levandowski) Stone (mother)
George Stone Jr. (brother)
Dorothy Stone (sister)
Madeline Stone (sister)
Frances J. Stone (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph J. Stone was a student at James Ford Rhodes High School and was employed at the Aluminum Company of America during vacations.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 9 March 1944.

The entire family is listed with the last name of Kaminski in the 1930 US Census. Based on his brother's Social Security info, they changed it to Stone in 1938.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, Hans Wijnands - Cleveland Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Joyce Stonebraker