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Personal info

Full name
GRAVES, John Joseph
Date of birth
11 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Susquehanna Depot, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

Military service

Service number
32660870
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
West of Medelsheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 7 6

Immediate family

Members
Watson J. Graves (father)
Helen E. (Walsh) Graves (mother)
Lucille Graves (sister)
Mary O. (McCormick) Graves (wife)

More information

Sgt John J. Graves attended high school for four years and was an agent and appraiser before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 9 November 1942.
He is remembered at the Saint John’s Cemetery in Susquehanna Depot, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bridget Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com – Nellie NY, www.newspapers.com – The Troy Record 7 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Paul R