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Personal info

Full name
SPENCER, Joseph M
Date of birth
11 August 1925
Age
18
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
6093466
Rank
Seaman Second Class
Function
unknown
Unit
United States Naval Reserve
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 January 1944
Place of death
Horta Hospital
Horta, Faial Island, Azores

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 3 26

Immediate family

Members
William A. Spencer (father)
Ann J. (Macpherson) Spencer (mother)
Jean Spencer (sister)
Mary Spencer (sister)
Patricia Spencer (sister)
William A. Spencer (twin brother)

More information

S 2/c Joseph M. Spencer attended Annunciation High School. He was employed as a news carrier for the Buffalo Evening News.

He enlisted with his twin brother, William, on 8 July 1943.

The War Diary of LCI(L) Group 31 of 17 January 1944 mentions the following: At 12:30 Spencer J.M. S 2/c 6093466 aboard LCI(L)500 was injured by slipping down ladder in No 3 Troop Compartment aboard that ship. Was later removed to hospital in Horta; was operated on a ruptured spleen and died at 22:00.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / U.S.World War II Navy Muster Rolls 1938-1949, www.fold3.com, 1930 US Census, New York Birth Index

Photo source: Jac Engels - www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier, Buffalo Evening News - 20 January 1944