Name:
Joseph L. Passet
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
34th Tank Battalion, 5th Armored Division
Date of Death:
1944-09-10
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri
Plot:
Section 79
Row:
Grave:
180
Decoration:
Comments:
Joseph L. Passet was born on November 1, 1918, in Collinsville, Illinois. He was married to Eleanora L. Ruffner on December 14, 1940. He served in the 34th Tank Battalion, 5th Armored Division as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. SSGT passet was killed in an ambush on September 10, 1944, at the age of 26, in Sandweiler, Luxembourg during the town's liberation. He was the first American who was killed in Sandweiler. He is now buried in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA.