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Personal info

Full name
LYNCH, Joseph Patrick
Date of birth
23 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32819437
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 18 6

Immediate family

Members
Patrick Lynch (father)
Catherine Lynch (mother)
William Lynch (brother)
Catherine Lynch (sister)
Eleanor Lynch (sister)
Richard Sinnott Jr. (half-brother)

More information

T/5 Joseph P. Lynch attended high school for three years and was employed at the A & P Stores before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 1 March 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his tibia, fibula, and his hand.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / New York Birth Index / U.S. New York State 1925 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy