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Personal info

Full name
ERNST, Joseph Anthony
Date of birth
14 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33594861
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 60

Immediate family

Members
Anton H. Ernst (father)
Alice V. (Bracken) Ernst (mother)
Margaret R. Ernst (sister)

More information

Pvt Joseph A. Ernst attended high school for four years and was a clerk before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 23 March 1943.

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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Tommy Neathery, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery