Joseph served as a Corporal, 322nd Fighter Control Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 30, 1942 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the mechanical treatment of metals and also as Married.
Joseph was a passenger on the H.M.T. Rohna.
The Rohna and four other troop ships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177's. One of the 177's, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.
1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 33290189
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 30, 1942 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the mechanical treatment of metals and also as Married.
Joseph was a passenger on the H.M.T. Rohna.
The Rohna and four other troop ships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177's. One of the 177's, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.
1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 33290189
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Joseph served as a Corporal, 322nd Fighter Control Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 30, 1942 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the mechanical treatment of metals and also as Married.
Joseph was a passenger on the H.M.T. Rohna.
The Rohna and four other troop ships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177's. One of the 177's, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.
1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 33290189
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 30, 1942 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the mechanical treatment of metals and also as Married.
Joseph was a passenger on the H.M.T. Rohna.
The Rohna and four other troop ships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177's. One of the 177's, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.
1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 33290189
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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