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Personal info

Full name
MOEHLICH, Joseph D
Date of birth
19 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Esopus, Ulster County, New York

Military service

Service number
42088640
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Eply, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 17 28

Immediate family

Members
Joseph D. Moehlich (father)
Mabel (Terpening) Moehlich (mother)
Dorothy L. Moehlich (sister)

More information

Pvt Joseph D. Moehlich attended high school for three years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 15 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Ocker Family Tree / New York Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman