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Personal info

Full name
SCHEELER, Joseph James Jr
Date of birth
1 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16133157
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 27

Immediate family

Members
Joseph J. Scheeler Sr. (father)
Pauline (Rupp) Scheeler (mother)
Mary Scheeler (sister)
Wilhelmina Scheeler (sister)
Anne E. Scheeler (sister)
Hermina Scheeler (sister)
Susan C. Scheeler (sister)
Martina M. Scheeler (sister)

More information

T/4 Joseph J. Scheeler Jr. attended high school for one year and was employed at the Manitowoc Ship Building Company before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Milwaukee, Wiscnsin on 23 October 1942.

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 / Catherine Winters Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Volga German, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery