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<span class=prefix>Pvt.</span> Joseph John Lang

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Pvt. Joseph John Lang Veteran

Birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Death
27 Aug 1944 (aged 34)
Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial
Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Section A ~ Row 11 ~ Grave 28
Memorial ID
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Joseph served as a Private, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Cuyahoga County, Ohio prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on November 16, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a nonprocess occupation in manufacturing and also as Single, with dependents.

Joseph was "Killed In Action" near the Seine, River in France during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 35522046

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His brother, PFC William A. Lang, also "Died Of Wounds" during the war and is interred next to him (see photo to the right). They are one of fourteen pairs of brother's interred together in the Epinal American Cemetery, France.

( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )

Information on relationship as a brother at Epinal submitted by Dwight "Andy" Anderson.

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Joseph served as a Private, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Cuyahoga County, Ohio prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on November 16, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a nonprocess occupation in manufacturing and also as Single, with dependents.

Joseph was "Killed In Action" near the Seine, River in France during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 35522046

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His brother, PFC William A. Lang, also "Died Of Wounds" during the war and is interred next to him (see photo to the right). They are one of fourteen pairs of brother's interred together in the Epinal American Cemetery, France.

( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )

Information on relationship as a brother at Epinal submitted by Dwight "Andy" Anderson.

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  • Maintained by: Russ Pickett
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56373678/joseph_john-lang: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt. Joseph John Lang (13 Jan 1910–27 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56373678, citing Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).