SGT Joseph Archambault died on August 29, 1942 from injuries sustained in an accident in Charleston, SC. He was born in Claremont, NH on December 22, 1913; the son of Napoleon Eugene and Anice Marie "Annie" (Fontaine) Archambault.
He entered the Army Air Corp on November 1, 1941. He was a member of the 315th Troop Carrier Group which was activated in February 1942 and moved to England in October-November, 1942. The TCG was detained temporarily in Greenland, searching for missing aircraft and dropped survival equipment and supplies to stranded airmen.
He was preceded in death by his father and brother Henry.
He is survived by his mother and siblings Rita, Albert, Mary, and Norman.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Sergeant Joseph Archambault of Claremont, NH, a soldier stationed at the Florence Air Base, remains in critical condition in the Saunders memorial hospital following an accident which occurred near the air base shortly after midnight last night. Sergeant Archambault and a friend, whose name was not given, were walking west on the Marion Highway when a large truck traveling in the same direction overtook and ran over the young soldier. A hospital ambulance rushed the victim to the hospital where he remained this afternoon in a totally unconscious condition. Identification was made by physicians from his service tag. State highway patrolmen are investigating the accident.
Source; Charleston News and Courier, Charleston, SC, August 26, 1942
He entered the Army Air Corp on November 1, 1941. He was a member of the 315th Troop Carrier Group which was activated in February 1942 and moved to England in October-November, 1942. The TCG was detained temporarily in Greenland, searching for missing aircraft and dropped survival equipment and supplies to stranded airmen.
He was preceded in death by his father and brother Henry.
He is survived by his mother and siblings Rita, Albert, Mary, and Norman.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Sergeant Joseph Archambault of Claremont, NH, a soldier stationed at the Florence Air Base, remains in critical condition in the Saunders memorial hospital following an accident which occurred near the air base shortly after midnight last night. Sergeant Archambault and a friend, whose name was not given, were walking west on the Marion Highway when a large truck traveling in the same direction overtook and ran over the young soldier. A hospital ambulance rushed the victim to the hospital where he remained this afternoon in a totally unconscious condition. Identification was made by physicians from his service tag. State highway patrolmen are investigating the accident.
Source; Charleston News and Courier, Charleston, SC, August 26, 1942
SGT Joseph Archambault died on August 29, 1942 from injuries sustained in an accident in Charleston, SC. He was born in Claremont, NH on December 22, 1913; the son of Napoleon Eugene and Anice Marie "Annie" (Fontaine) Archambault.
He entered the Army Air Corp on November 1, 1941. He was a member of the 315th Troop Carrier Group which was activated in February 1942 and moved to England in October-November, 1942. The TCG was detained temporarily in Greenland, searching for missing aircraft and dropped survival equipment and supplies to stranded airmen.
He was preceded in death by his father and brother Henry.
He is survived by his mother and siblings Rita, Albert, Mary, and Norman.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Sergeant Joseph Archambault of Claremont, NH, a soldier stationed at the Florence Air Base, remains in critical condition in the Saunders memorial hospital following an accident which occurred near the air base shortly after midnight last night. Sergeant Archambault and a friend, whose name was not given, were walking west on the Marion Highway when a large truck traveling in the same direction overtook and ran over the young soldier. A hospital ambulance rushed the victim to the hospital where he remained this afternoon in a totally unconscious condition. Identification was made by physicians from his service tag. State highway patrolmen are investigating the accident.
Source; Charleston News and Courier, Charleston, SC, August 26, 1942
He entered the Army Air Corp on November 1, 1941. He was a member of the 315th Troop Carrier Group which was activated in February 1942 and moved to England in October-November, 1942. The TCG was detained temporarily in Greenland, searching for missing aircraft and dropped survival equipment and supplies to stranded airmen.
He was preceded in death by his father and brother Henry.
He is survived by his mother and siblings Rita, Albert, Mary, and Norman.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Sergeant Joseph Archambault of Claremont, NH, a soldier stationed at the Florence Air Base, remains in critical condition in the Saunders memorial hospital following an accident which occurred near the air base shortly after midnight last night. Sergeant Archambault and a friend, whose name was not given, were walking west on the Marion Highway when a large truck traveling in the same direction overtook and ran over the young soldier. A hospital ambulance rushed the victim to the hospital where he remained this afternoon in a totally unconscious condition. Identification was made by physicians from his service tag. State highway patrolmen are investigating the accident.
Source; Charleston News and Courier, Charleston, SC, August 26, 1942
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