Joseph Michael Scheuer, Jr.

b. 20 October 1910, d. 11 March 1973,

TEC 5 (T/5) US ARMY, 38072370,

Plot: X 313, buried 14 March 1973, Last Residence: Albuquerque, N.M.

4th child of Joseph Michael Scheuer (b. 9 March 1874 - d. 12 December 1961) and Mary Magdalen "Lena" Stark (b. 8 March 1879 - d. 30 November 1941).

ACTIVITY DURING WWII:

INDUCTED U.S. ARMY ON 11 FEBRUARY 1942 IN LOVINGTON, NEW MEXICO. REPORTED FOR DUTY AT FORT BLISS, EL PASO, TEXAS. ATTENDED THE ARMORED FORCE SCHOOL IN MARCH 1942, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO COMPANY C, 18TH ARMORED REPLACEMENT BATTALION, FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY.

LEFT THE UNITED STATES ON 23 OCTOBER 1942 FROM THE HAMPTON ROADS PORT OF EMBARKATION AND NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AS PART OF THE WESTERN TASK FORCE, CODE-NAMED OPERATION TORCH, BOUND FOR NORTHERN AFRICA.

ABOARD THE FLEET ARE 35,000 ARMY TROOPS AND 250 TANKS, WITH THE USS AUGUSTA CARRYING MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON. AFTER SAILING 17 DAYS AND WELL SOUTH OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, AS A DIVERSIONARY TACTIC, LANDED 8 NOVEMBER 1942 ON THE BEACHES OF CASABLANCA, FRENCH MOROCCO, AFRICA.

NOTE: Operation TORCH was a three-pronged series of coordinated Allied landings at Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers in French North Africa.

SERVED AS A TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE, RADIO TENDER GUNNER, WITH THE 70TH TANK BATTALION (LIGHT) IN THE ALGERIA-FRENCH MOROCCO CAMPAIGN.

Nickname: Thunderbolts
Motto: Strike Swiftly
Colors: Green and Gold

SUSTAINED A SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS LEGS FROM A TANK MISHAP AND WAS EVACUATED 14 JUNE 1943. ARRIVED LOVELL GENERAL HOSPITAL, FORT DEVENS, MASSACHUSETTS 24 JUNE 1943. HONORABLY DISCHARGED 7 AUGUST 1944 AT HARMON GENERAL HOSPITAL, NEAR LONGVIEW, TEXAS. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WITH ONE BATTLE STAR FOR THE FRENCH MOROCCO CAMPAIGN.

Joseph M Scheuer Jr