SSGT
Joe W Mastel
Aged 26, fallen January 13, 1945
- Unit
- Anti-Tank Company, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 37089876
- Hometown
- Edmunds, South Dakota
- Date of death
- January 13, 1945
- Classification
- Died of wounds
- Burial
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Ipswich, South Dakota
Staff Sergeant Joe W Mastel, serial number 37089876, of Edmunds, South Dakota, served with the Anti-Tank Company of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He died of wounds on January 13, 1945, at the age of 26. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Ipswich, South Dakota.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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