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Personal info

Full name
KRITT, Joseph Earl
Date of birth
16 December 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Russia
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
36964817
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 38 37

Immediate family

Members
Isadore Kritt (father)
Bessie (Breen) Kritt (mother)
Max Kritt (brother)
Mollie Kritt (sister)
Lena Kritt (sister)
Sam Kritt (brother)
Meyer Kritt (brother)
Alice Kritt (sister)
Sara R. (Wise) Kritt (wife)

More information

Pvt Joseph E. Kritt graduated from Central High School. He attended Wayne State University Law School.

Pvt Kritt enlisted on 1 June 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Kritt Family Tree / Michigan Marriage Records, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: Jewish War Veterans Department of Michigan