Rank/Rate	Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
Service Number	213498
Birth Date	March 27, 1909
From	San Pedro, California
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Command	2nd Raider Battalion, carried aboard USS Argonaut
Loss Date	October 16, 1942
Location	Kwajalein
Circumstances	Captured on Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, taken to Kwajalein and executed
Remarks	Joseph was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.

 Photo courtesy of Gunner Ed Sere, USMC, ret.

 

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