(courtesy of Lynda Moberg)
Grave
marker of Joseph O. Mons in Section 24 Row 1 Site 8 of the Biloxi
National Cemetery, Biloxi (Harrison county), Mississippi.
Joseph enlisted in the Army at Camp Shelby, MS on 10
March 1943. Pfc Mons
was transferred to Hq Hq, 508th from the XVIII Corp (Airborne) on 8 May
1945 when the regiment was stationed at Sissonne, France. He
undoubtedly served as a member of the 508th's Honor Guard in Frankfurt
until his points enabled him to return to the U.S. He was
discharged on 26 November 1945 |