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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Joseph C
Date of birth
25 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32401312
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 16 4

Immediate family

Members
Carvel Williams (father)
Anna Williams (mother)
Mary Elizabeth Williams (sister)

More information

T/5 Joseph C. Williams enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 8 July 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York, New York Birth Index 1910-1965 / 1920/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet