Josef George Knight (1918 - 1944)

Born 1 Nov 1918 in Memphis, Scotland, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Apr 1944 at age 25 in Muroc, Kern, California, United States

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Biography

PFC Josef Knight Died in Military Service during World War II.

Josef was born in 1918. He was the son of Bradley Knight and Maude Overfield. He married Pathena Griswould in 1941. He died in an accident in 1944 while serving in the US Army Air Corps.

Sources

• United States Census, 1920, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL3-731 : accessed 30 March 2020), Joseph G Knight in household of Bradley Knight, Adobe, Lincoln, Colorado, United States; citing ED 181, sheet 3A, line 7, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 167; FHL microfilm 1,820,167.
• United States Census, 1930, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X746-NH7 : accessed 31 March 2020), Joseph G Knight in household of Bradley Knight, Precinct 13, Lincoln, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 2B, line 92, family 48, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 246; FHL microfilm 2,339,981.
• United States Census, 1940, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6V-9NX : 28 February 2020), Josep Geo Knight, Election Precinct 12, Lincoln, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37-14, sheet 1B, line 60, family 19, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 469.
• Colorado, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKVM-X8S4 : 13 March 2020), Josef George Knight, 16 Oct 1940; records extracted by (FamilySearch or Partner), images digitized by (Family Search or Partner); citing Draft Registration, Haswell, Kiowa, Colorado, United States, citing Draft Registration Cards for Colorado, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947, NAID 5833895. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri, n.d.
• Colorado, Steelworks Employment Records, 1887-1979. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, 2016. Steelworks Center of the West; Pueblo, CO. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=COSteelworksEmployment&h=4726&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
• United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PP-ZL1 : 5 December 2014), Josef G Knight, enlisted 10 Feb 1942, ; citing Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• Knight Baby. Kiowa County Press, Eads, Colorado, Vol 55, No. 14, 3 July 1942, p. 1. Announces 24 June 1942 birth of Betty Jo Knight, daughter of Josef G. Knight and Pathena Griswould.
• U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, 2019. National Archives and Records Administration; NAI: 570973; Record Group Number: Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), 1775-1994; Record Group Title: 112. Patient: Josef G. Knight; Diagnosis: Fall From Vehicle; Type of Injury: non-battle, injured in Line of Duty; Type of Discharge: Died; Length of Service: 2 Years, 2 Months; Service Number: 38084169. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61817&h=17319700&ssrc=pt&tid=22800387&pid=1303952605&usePUB=true
• California Death Index, 1940-1997, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP2J-PYR : 26 November 2014), Joseph George Knight, 25 Apr 1944; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• Find A Grave Index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVJ-26YJ : 27 July 2019), Josef George Knight, 1944; Burial, Haswell, Kiowa, Colorado, United States of America, Haswell Cemetery; citing record ID 17822816, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.