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Personal info

Full name
HOLT, Joe
Date of birth
1 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Tarrant County, Texas
Hometown
Tarrant County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38684612
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 39

Immediate family

Members
James J. Holt (father)
Willie M. (Bosley) Holt (mother)
James Holt (brother)
Bonnie E. Holt (sister)
Madalyn J. Holt (sister)
Robbie L. (Driggers) Holt (wife)

More information

Pfc Joe Holt graduated from Ardmore High School.

He enlisted in Camp Wolters, Texas on 11 March 1944.

He was reported wounded in action in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hiser Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - BP Long
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Fort Worth Star Telegram 11 February 1945

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