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Personal info

Full name
MULLER, Joseph Jr
Date of birth
3 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
42070263
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 30

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Muller Sr. (father)
Anna (Ruben) Muller (mother)
Anna Muller (sister)
Victor S. Muller (brother)
Cecelia Muller (sister)
Ethel Muller (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph Muller Jr. worked in a machine shop before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 27 January 1944.

He was seriously wounded in action in Morey, France on 20 September 1944 and spent four months in a hospital in London before he rejoined his unit.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Dolores Maxwell