Joseph had completed college and was a school teacher when he enlisted for WWII battle in 1942. He was killed on the Western Front 19 April 1945
Awards: Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
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1st Lt Joseph R. Abele was graduated from Johnstown Catholic High school with the class of 1933 where he was an outstanding member of the football and basketball team. After graduating from Indiana State Teachers College, he started teaching in Blossburg.
He enlisted at Wilkes Barracks, Pennsylvania on 18 June 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944.
Upon approching the top of Brocken Mountain, where a German radar station was situated, it seemed that the place was uninhabited. As soon as L Company was in close range of the building, the men encountered a hail of fire from every window. The Germans dropped grenades, fired small arms and launched deadly Panzerfaust. The fragmentation effect of these Panzerfaust missiles striking the rocks with their tremendous detonations wounded several men and killing Lt Abele instantly.
Joseph Romanus Abele
HOME OF RECORD:
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army
Rank: First Lieutenant
Division: 1st Infantry Division
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, General Orders No. 87 (1945)
CITATION:
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant (Infantry) Joseph Romanus Abele (ASN: 0-1309192), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action while serving with Company L, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
Awards: Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
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1st Lt Joseph R. Abele was graduated from Johnstown Catholic High school with the class of 1933 where he was an outstanding member of the football and basketball team. After graduating from Indiana State Teachers College, he started teaching in Blossburg.
He enlisted at Wilkes Barracks, Pennsylvania on 18 June 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944.
Upon approching the top of Brocken Mountain, where a German radar station was situated, it seemed that the place was uninhabited. As soon as L Company was in close range of the building, the men encountered a hail of fire from every window. The Germans dropped grenades, fired small arms and launched deadly Panzerfaust. The fragmentation effect of these Panzerfaust missiles striking the rocks with their tremendous detonations wounded several men and killing Lt Abele instantly.
Joseph Romanus Abele
HOME OF RECORD:
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army
Rank: First Lieutenant
Division: 1st Infantry Division
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, General Orders No. 87 (1945)
CITATION:
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant (Infantry) Joseph Romanus Abele (ASN: 0-1309192), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action while serving with Company L, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
Joseph had completed college and was a school teacher when he enlisted for WWII battle in 1942. He was killed on the Western Front 19 April 1945
Awards: Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
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1st Lt Joseph R. Abele was graduated from Johnstown Catholic High school with the class of 1933 where he was an outstanding member of the football and basketball team. After graduating from Indiana State Teachers College, he started teaching in Blossburg.
He enlisted at Wilkes Barracks, Pennsylvania on 18 June 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944.
Upon approching the top of Brocken Mountain, where a German radar station was situated, it seemed that the place was uninhabited. As soon as L Company was in close range of the building, the men encountered a hail of fire from every window. The Germans dropped grenades, fired small arms and launched deadly Panzerfaust. The fragmentation effect of these Panzerfaust missiles striking the rocks with their tremendous detonations wounded several men and killing Lt Abele instantly.
Joseph Romanus Abele
HOME OF RECORD:
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army
Rank: First Lieutenant
Division: 1st Infantry Division
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, General Orders No. 87 (1945)
CITATION:
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant (Infantry) Joseph Romanus Abele (ASN: 0-1309192), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action while serving with Company L, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
Awards: Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
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1st Lt Joseph R. Abele was graduated from Johnstown Catholic High school with the class of 1933 where he was an outstanding member of the football and basketball team. After graduating from Indiana State Teachers College, he started teaching in Blossburg.
He enlisted at Wilkes Barracks, Pennsylvania on 18 June 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944.
Upon approching the top of Brocken Mountain, where a German radar station was situated, it seemed that the place was uninhabited. As soon as L Company was in close range of the building, the men encountered a hail of fire from every window. The Germans dropped grenades, fired small arms and launched deadly Panzerfaust. The fragmentation effect of these Panzerfaust missiles striking the rocks with their tremendous detonations wounded several men and killing Lt Abele instantly.
Joseph Romanus Abele
HOME OF RECORD:
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army
Rank: First Lieutenant
Division: 1st Infantry Division
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, General Orders No. 87 (1945)
CITATION:
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: First Lieutenant (Infantry) Joseph Romanus Abele (ASN: 0-1309192), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action while serving with Company L, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
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