oseph served as a Private, Company B, 299th Engineer Combat Battalion, U.S. Army during World War II. He resided in Coos County, New Hampshire prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on September 9, 1943 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic and also as Married. Joseph was "Killed In Action" on D-Day in France during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart. He was originally interred in France and was later repatriated here on July 14, 1948. Service # 31374695 http://www.299thcombatengineers.com/MainHome.htm