RANGERS Trainor, Joseph Rapheal

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Trainor ​

• FORENAME

Joseph Rapheal​

• UNIT

2 Ranger Bn (Company A) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

36227819 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1944 ​

• AGE

25​

• GRAVESITE

Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot I Row 1 Grave 32 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Dane County, Wisconsin​

born 21.11.1918, Barnveld, Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA​

father Louis F. Trainor (1881-1949)​

mother Amelia E. (nee Handel) Trainor (1890-1955)​

grammar school education​

civil occupation skilled mechanic and repairmen​

employed by Louis Trainor Farming​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

16.10.1940 draft card Dodgeville, Wisconsin​

06.11.1941 entered service Fort Sheridan, Illinois​

Next of kin - Father. Mr. Louis Trainor, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin​

award Silver Star​

KIA Vierville-sur-Mer, Normandy​

date "7.6.1944" (Ranger database) ​

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