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Personal info

Full name
OWENS, Joseph Henry
Date of birth
22 September 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Port Vue, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33076669
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John A. Owens (father)
Elizabeth M. (Poole) Owens (mother)
Rosa E. Owens (sister)
Edward R. Owens (brother)
Edwin Owens (brother)
Sadie Owens (sister)
Rose Owens (sister)
John Owens (brother)
Ethel Owens (sister)
Stewart J. Owens (brother)
David P. Owens (brother)
Charles T. Owens (brother)
Elizabeth Owens (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Joseph H. Owens was a driver at the Pittsburgh Motor Coach Company before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 18 June 1941.

During an artillery barrage, the house where H Company had set up his command post, got a direct hit. Apparently T/Sgt Owens must have been inside at that moment.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Musolin Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S / Scaryterry