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Personal info

Full name
MASTEN, Joseph Marvin
Date of birth
4 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Dickinson County, Kansas
Hometown
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37539238
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Worms, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 3 29

Immediate family

Members
Guy M. Masten (father)
Susan E. (Gardner) Masten (mother)
Bernice E. Masten (sister)
Maxine A. (Laughlin) Masten (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph M. Masten graduated from Abilene High School and was employed at the Shokey & Landes Store before he enlisted in September 1943.

From October 1944 to January 1945 he was hospitalized for wounds at the buttock and hip, caused by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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