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PFC Joseph Adolf

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PFC Joseph Adolf Veteran

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Feb 1945 (aged 25)
Erkelenz, Landkreis Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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Served in I Company, 3rd Battalion, 405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division. ASN#42143322. Enlisted on 2 Jun 1944 in Newark, New Jersey. He had one year of high school and was employed by the Campbells Soup Company as a machinist.

On 23 February 1945, the 102d attacked across the Roer, advanced toward Lovenich, bypassed Munchen-Gladbach, took Krefeld, 3 March, and reached the Rhine. During March the Division was on the defensive along the Rhine, its sector extending from Homburg south to Dusseldorf.
Served in I Company, 3rd Battalion, 405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division. ASN#42143322. Enlisted on 2 Jun 1944 in Newark, New Jersey. He had one year of high school and was employed by the Campbells Soup Company as a machinist.

On 23 February 1945, the 102d attacked across the Roer, advanced toward Lovenich, bypassed Munchen-Gladbach, took Krefeld, 3 March, and reached the Rhine. During March the Division was on the defensive along the Rhine, its sector extending from Homburg south to Dusseldorf.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from New Jersey.



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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56296220/joseph-adolf: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Joseph Adolf (13 Apr 1919–26 Feb 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56296220, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).