Name:
Joseph D. Krause
Rank:
Technician 5th Grade
Serial Number:
33596468
Unit:
702nd Tank Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-08-19
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Joseph D. Krause was born on August 16, 1924, in York, York County, Pennsylvania. He served in the 702nd Tank Battalion as a Technician 5th Grade during World War II.
T5 Krause was reported Missing in Action and officially declared dead on August 19, 1944, during the liberation of Argentan, France. His name is memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
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