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Personal info

Full name
ATTEBERY, Joe Maurice
Date of birth
18 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Akron, Washington County, Colorado
Hometown
Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37701473
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
34th Evacuation Hospital
Verdun, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 74

Immediate family

Members
Ernest Attebery (father)
Mary E. (Treadway) Attebery (mother)
Agnes P. Attebery (sister)
Anna M. Attebery (sister)
Helen B. Attebery (sister)
Mary H. Attebery (sister)
Ernestine W. Attebery (sister)

More information

Pvt Joe M. Attebery was a chauffeur before he enlisted on 30 June 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944, arriving in France in August.

He was wounded in his loins and abdomen by artillery fragments. He died in the 34th Evacuation Hospital that was stationed in Verdun, France at that time.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files 1942-1954, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: https://www.7tharmddiv.org