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Personal info

Full name
WALLACE, Joseph Allen Jr
Date of birth
20 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36880713
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Remiremont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 2 64

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Wallace Sr. (father)
Mary P. (Aubuchon) Wallace (mother)
Mary J. P. Wallace (sister)
Daniel E. Wallace (brother)
Joseph L. Wallace (brother)
Clifford J. Wallace (brother)
Melvin A. Wallace (brother)
Harvey B. Wallace (brother)
Agnes I. Wallace (sister)
Helen E. Wallace (sister)
James C. Wallace (brother)
Robert G. Wallace (brother)
Marilyn M. Wallace (sister)
Joan B. Wallace (sister)

More information

Pvt Joseph A. Wallace Jr. was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

His name is mentioned on the Clinton County Veterans Memorial in St. Johns, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Irish beginnings, www.findagrave.com – Glenn Geirland

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Glenn Geirland