PFC Joseph M. Bercholz was born in 1910 in Poland to Constantine and Elizabeth Bercholz. His father likely worked as a miner for some time in Pennsylvania before sending for his family.
Joseph was drafted in February 1942. He was assigned to B Company 116th Infantry prior to D-Day and participated in in the amphibious assault on 6 Jun 1944 in which he was killed.
PFC Bercholz is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery.
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