Joe Sewell - 298th Engineer Combat Battalion, WWII, WW2

Joe F. Sewell

Source: Find A Grave
Joe Frank Sewell
BIRTH 28 Aug 1916
DEATH 25 Apr 1962 (aged 45)
BURIAL Arlington National Cemetery, Sec: 30, Site: 241 LH, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
MEMORIAL ID 49312137

Listed in After/After Action Report March 1945
The following named officers and enlisted men were awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in the Hurtgen Forest in September and October 1944 by GO #26 Hq 9th Inf Div dtd 13 Feb 1945.
Captain Joe F. Sewell 0445537

Listed in the 298th Journal March 1945
Date 5 March 1945 Place Birkesdorf, Germant [sic] F 103478
Direct hit by shell on C.P. Malone killed, Capt Sewell, Sgt Russell Steidel, & Whitney injured.

Listed in After Action Report March 1945
Entry #255 - March 6, 1945 Co C: CP located near Roggendorf, Germany, (Approximately two miles from the Rhine River) suffered a direct hit by a heavy caliber German Artillery Shell. T/5 Malone was killed, 1st Sgt Russell, Pfc Whitney and T/5 Steidl were seriously injured and evacuated through medical channels. Capt Sewell escaped with cuts and bruises caused by the second story of the building collapsing.

Source: U.S. Army Register Volume II 1 January 1960
Sewell, Joe F Lt Col Service No. 0445537 Date Retired 31 May 1957 Category Res Retirement Code M1 (20 or more years service)

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