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Tomberlin Joseph Edward

Name:
Joseph Edward Tomberlin
Rank:
Technician 4th Grade
Serial Number:
34688071
Unit:
147th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:

Joseph Edward Tomberlin was born on January 12, 1912, in Willacoochee, Atkinson County, Georgia. He was the son of Charles Henry Tomberlin and Ruby Rowena Lewis Tomberlin. He was married to Lila Mae Carter King.

Joseph served as a Technician 4th Grade in Company B, 147th Engineer Combat Battalion, during World War II. He was declared Missing in Action on June 6, 1944, and is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.