Joseph served as a Staff Sergeant, 34th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Comanche County, Texas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 16 1940, prior to the war, at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a carpenter and also as single, without dependents.
He became a prisoner of the Japanese Army while fighting in the Philippines during the war in 1942.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" while a POW of the Japanese Army in the sinking of the "Shinyo Maru".
He was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
The Japanese ship "Shinyo Maru" was loaded with 750 U.S. POWs in the cargo holds. The U.S.S. Paddle (SS-263), not knowing that American POWs were on board, fired torpedoes at the ship off the coast of Mindanao and sank it. Some Japanese guards shot prisoners as they struggled from the holds after the attack or were in the water.
668 POWs died when the ship sank, leaving only 82 survivors. 47 of 52 Japanese guards also died.
His remains were not recovered.
Service # 18026132
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Soldiers & Sailors who died on the "Shinyo Maru":
( Last name staring with: A through D )
( Last name staring with: E through L )
( Last name staring with: M through R )
( Last name staring with: S through Z )
Survivors of the "Shinyo Maru"
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( Above listings created by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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see also memorials 22105150 and 77223074
He resided in Comanche County, Texas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 16 1940, prior to the war, at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a carpenter and also as single, without dependents.
He became a prisoner of the Japanese Army while fighting in the Philippines during the war in 1942.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" while a POW of the Japanese Army in the sinking of the "Shinyo Maru".
He was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
The Japanese ship "Shinyo Maru" was loaded with 750 U.S. POWs in the cargo holds. The U.S.S. Paddle (SS-263), not knowing that American POWs were on board, fired torpedoes at the ship off the coast of Mindanao and sank it. Some Japanese guards shot prisoners as they struggled from the holds after the attack or were in the water.
668 POWs died when the ship sank, leaving only 82 survivors. 47 of 52 Japanese guards also died.
His remains were not recovered.
Service # 18026132
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Soldiers & Sailors who died on the "Shinyo Maru":
( Last name staring with: A through D )
( Last name staring with: E through L )
( Last name staring with: M through R )
( Last name staring with: S through Z )
Survivors of the "Shinyo Maru"
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( Above listings created by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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see also memorials 22105150 and 77223074
Joseph served as a Staff Sergeant, 34th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Comanche County, Texas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 16 1940, prior to the war, at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a carpenter and also as single, without dependents.
He became a prisoner of the Japanese Army while fighting in the Philippines during the war in 1942.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" while a POW of the Japanese Army in the sinking of the "Shinyo Maru".
He was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
The Japanese ship "Shinyo Maru" was loaded with 750 U.S. POWs in the cargo holds. The U.S.S. Paddle (SS-263), not knowing that American POWs were on board, fired torpedoes at the ship off the coast of Mindanao and sank it. Some Japanese guards shot prisoners as they struggled from the holds after the attack or were in the water.
668 POWs died when the ship sank, leaving only 82 survivors. 47 of 52 Japanese guards also died.
His remains were not recovered.
Service # 18026132
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Soldiers & Sailors who died on the "Shinyo Maru":
( Last name staring with: A through D )
( Last name staring with: E through L )
( Last name staring with: M through R )
( Last name staring with: S through Z )
Survivors of the "Shinyo Maru"
Click Here For Listing
( Above listings created by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
see also memorials 22105150 and 77223074
He resided in Comanche County, Texas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 16 1940, prior to the war, at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a carpenter and also as single, without dependents.
He became a prisoner of the Japanese Army while fighting in the Philippines during the war in 1942.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" while a POW of the Japanese Army in the sinking of the "Shinyo Maru".
He was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
The Japanese ship "Shinyo Maru" was loaded with 750 U.S. POWs in the cargo holds. The U.S.S. Paddle (SS-263), not knowing that American POWs were on board, fired torpedoes at the ship off the coast of Mindanao and sank it. Some Japanese guards shot prisoners as they struggled from the holds after the attack or were in the water.
668 POWs died when the ship sank, leaving only 82 survivors. 47 of 52 Japanese guards also died.
His remains were not recovered.
Service # 18026132
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Soldiers & Sailors who died on the "Shinyo Maru":
( Last name staring with: A through D )
( Last name staring with: E through L )
( Last name staring with: M through R )
( Last name staring with: S through Z )
Survivors of the "Shinyo Maru"
Click Here For Listing
( Above listings created by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
see also memorials 22105150 and 77223074
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