Passet Joseph L.

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Joseph L. Passet is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

5th Armored Division

Liberation of Sandweiler

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.