Joseph Plegge Jr.

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/13/1945

Joseph Plegge Jr. was born (as Giuseppe Pileggi) in Vena di Máida, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
in April, 1920.

The application for his grave marker gives his date of birth as January 1, 1920.

He immigrated to the United States with his family in July 1920.

He listed his home of residence as Columbiana County, Ohio.
His religion was listed as Catholic.

His Army serial number indicates he was drafted into the Army.

The application for his grave marker indicates he entered military service in 1942.

He was assigned to Company B as a Sergeant from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on November 27, 1944.

Sergeant Plegge was killed in action in Germany, on February 13, 1945,
in an area west of the Prüm River.

Above: the entry for SGT Plegge in the casualty lists of the 22nd Infantry for the month of February 1945.
His last name is mis-spelled.

Courttesy of John Tomawski

Note: The Rosters of World War II Dead from the Quartermaster General's Office
records Joseph Plegge Jr.'s rank as Staff Sergeant.

The listing for Joseph Plegge Jr. in the World War II Young American Patriots book for Ohio.
Note: some of the information in this listing conflicts with other accounts found for SGT Plegge.

Joseph Plegge Jr. was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium and some time later his remains
were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Ohio on April 30, 1949.

Burial:
Grandview Cemetery
Salem (Columbiana County)
Columbiana County
Ohio

Grave marker for Joseph Plegge Jr.

Photo by Audrey Allison from the Find A Grave website

Top photo from the World War II Young American Patriots book for Ohio

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