This is a Cenotaph- this serves as a memorial only in his parents family plot at Grandview. Joseph is actually buried in Margraeten, Holland.
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas:
Name: Joseph R Abela
Inducted From: Pennsylvania
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 26th Infantry 1st Division
Death Date: 19 Apr 1945
Monument: the Netherlands
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Silver Star Medal
Additional Army Awards
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1st Lt Joseph R. Abele was graduated from Johnstown Catholic High school with the class of 1933 where he was an outstanding member of the football and basketball team. After graduating from Indiana State Teachers College, he started teaching in Blossburg.
He enlisted at Wilkes Barracks, Pennsylvania on 18 June 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944. Joseph Romanus Abele Jr. was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army, assigned to the , 26th Infantry Regiment "Blue Spaders", 1th Infantry Division "Big Red One".
Joseph was KIA in the Street Fights with the Germans at Braunlage, Germany, on April 19, 1945, and he is honored with an Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
Upon approaching the top of Brocken Mountain, where a German radar station was situated, it seemed that the place was uninhabited. As soon as L Company was in close range of the building, the men encountered a hail of fire from every window. The Germans dropped grenades, fired small arms and launched deadly Panzerfaust. The fragmentation effect of these Panzerfaust missiles striking the rocks with their tremendous detonations wounded several men and killing Lt Abele instantly.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/45299-abele-joseph-r
https://www.ww2-europe.com/soldaat/abele-joseph-romanus/
Contributor: ET (47514618) & Jean Louis Vijgen (46842900)
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas:
Name: Joseph R Abela
Inducted From: Pennsylvania
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 26th Infantry 1st Division
Death Date: 19 Apr 1945
Monument: the Netherlands
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Silver Star Medal
Additional Army Awards
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1st Lt Joseph R. Abele was graduated from Johnstown Catholic High school with the class of 1933 where he was an outstanding member of the football and basketball team. After graduating from Indiana State Teachers College, he started teaching in Blossburg.
He enlisted at Wilkes Barracks, Pennsylvania on 18 June 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944. Joseph Romanus Abele Jr. was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army, assigned to the , 26th Infantry Regiment "Blue Spaders", 1th Infantry Division "Big Red One".
Joseph was KIA in the Street Fights with the Germans at Braunlage, Germany, on April 19, 1945, and he is honored with an Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
Upon approaching the top of Brocken Mountain, where a German radar station was situated, it seemed that the place was uninhabited. As soon as L Company was in close range of the building, the men encountered a hail of fire from every window. The Germans dropped grenades, fired small arms and launched deadly Panzerfaust. The fragmentation effect of these Panzerfaust missiles striking the rocks with their tremendous detonations wounded several men and killing Lt Abele instantly.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/45299-abele-joseph-r
https://www.ww2-europe.com/soldaat/abele-joseph-romanus/
Contributor: ET (47514618) & Jean Louis Vijgen (46842900)
This is a Cenotaph- this serves as a memorial only in his parents family plot at Grandview. Joseph is actually buried in Margraeten, Holland.
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas:
Name: Joseph R Abela
Inducted From: Pennsylvania
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 26th Infantry 1st Division
Death Date: 19 Apr 1945
Monument: the Netherlands
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Silver Star Medal
Additional Army Awards
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1st Lt Joseph R. Abele was graduated from Johnstown Catholic High school with the class of 1933 where he was an outstanding member of the football and basketball team. After graduating from Indiana State Teachers College, he started teaching in Blossburg.
He enlisted at Wilkes Barracks, Pennsylvania on 18 June 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944. Joseph Romanus Abele Jr. was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army, assigned to the , 26th Infantry Regiment "Blue Spaders", 1th Infantry Division "Big Red One".
Joseph was KIA in the Street Fights with the Germans at Braunlage, Germany, on April 19, 1945, and he is honored with an Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
Upon approaching the top of Brocken Mountain, where a German radar station was situated, it seemed that the place was uninhabited. As soon as L Company was in close range of the building, the men encountered a hail of fire from every window. The Germans dropped grenades, fired small arms and launched deadly Panzerfaust. The fragmentation effect of these Panzerfaust missiles striking the rocks with their tremendous detonations wounded several men and killing Lt Abele instantly.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/45299-abele-joseph-r
https://www.ww2-europe.com/soldaat/abele-joseph-romanus/
Contributor: ET (47514618) & Jean Louis Vijgen (46842900)
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas:
Name: Joseph R Abela
Inducted From: Pennsylvania
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 26th Infantry 1st Division
Death Date: 19 Apr 1945
Monument: the Netherlands
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Silver Star Medal
Additional Army Awards
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1st Lt Joseph R. Abele was graduated from Johnstown Catholic High school with the class of 1933 where he was an outstanding member of the football and basketball team. After graduating from Indiana State Teachers College, he started teaching in Blossburg.
He enlisted at Wilkes Barracks, Pennsylvania on 18 June 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944. Joseph Romanus Abele Jr. was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army, assigned to the , 26th Infantry Regiment "Blue Spaders", 1th Infantry Division "Big Red One".
Joseph was KIA in the Street Fights with the Germans at Braunlage, Germany, on April 19, 1945, and he is honored with an Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
Upon approaching the top of Brocken Mountain, where a German radar station was situated, it seemed that the place was uninhabited. As soon as L Company was in close range of the building, the men encountered a hail of fire from every window. The Germans dropped grenades, fired small arms and launched deadly Panzerfaust. The fragmentation effect of these Panzerfaust missiles striking the rocks with their tremendous detonations wounded several men and killing Lt Abele instantly.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/45299-abele-joseph-r
https://www.ww2-europe.com/soldaat/abele-joseph-romanus/
Contributor: ET (47514618) & Jean Louis Vijgen (46842900)
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