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Personal info

Full name
LOVE, Joseph Duncan
Date of birth
11 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Erwin, Unicoi County, Tennessee
Hometown
Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
6945640
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Leyr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 54

Immediate family

Members
William A. Love (father)
Oma (Peterson) Love (mother)
David W. Love (brother)
Myrtle O. Love (sister)
Ella L. Love (sister)
Sarah J. Love (sister)
John B. Love (brother)
Mary M. Love (sister)
Douglas N. Love (brother)
Anna M. Love (sister)
Jennie M. Love (sister)
Virginia M. Love (sister)
Jessie K. Love (sister)

More information

Pvt Jospeh D. Love volunteered for the Army of the United States in Richmond, Virginia on 7 January 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

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 / Cox Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M / Allen D Jackson