Yauch, Joseph O.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Heavy Equipment Operator
• Reference Number: YAUC.J004
• _FGRAVE: 35455797
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, 496th Medical Collection Company (Separate), United States Army
• Funeral: 29 Jan 1991, Hertz-Thoma Chapel, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois

Notes:

Mr. Yauch was a heavy equipment ooperator and worked for H. & B. Ready Mix for several years.

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on 2 February 1943 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified as an Ambulance Orderly, military occupational specialty 696. Departed the Continental U.S.. on 5 December 1943 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to the 496th Medical Collection Company (Separate) and served through Normandy, northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 bronze battle stars and the WWWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged from the Medical Corps as a Private First Class on 14 December 1945 at Camp Grant, Illinois.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1995383

Joseph married Bradley, Myrtle J. 'Carman' on 10 Sep 1947 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois. Myrtle (daughter of Bradley, William Hugh and McBride, Hattie) was born on 17 Jul 1928 in Illinois; died on 13 Nov 1993; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Boudreau, J.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas, D.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: YAUC.B002

Family/Spouse: Thomas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]