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Personal info

Full name
MONTAGNOLA, Joseph Francis "Joe"
Date of birth
26 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Port Henry, Essex County, New York
Hometown
Port Henry, Essex County, New York

Military service

Service number
32227734
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Maizieres-Les-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 68

Immediate family

Members
Alfredo Montagnola (father)
Immaculata (Viuglicci) Montagnola (mother)
Philomena Montagnola (sister)
Stephen J. Montagnola (brother)
Mary C. Montagnola (sister)
Christina Montagnola (sister)
Anna Montagnola (sister)
Louise E. Montagnola (sister)
Josephine Montagnola (sister)
Ambrose J. Montagnola (brother)

More information

Cpl Joseph F. Montagnola attended high school for four years and was a plumber/gas fitter.

He enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 13 March 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / www.wwiimemorial.com - Stephen J. Montagnola (brother)