VMI Archives Historical Rosters: Joseph A. Sosbee Jr.

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Joseph A. Sosbee Jr.

Roster ID 11892
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First Name:	Joseph
Middle Name:	A.
Last Name:	Sosbee
Suffix:	Jr.
Affiliation:	Class of 1941
Biography & Genealogy:	Died in World War II. Lt. Joseph A. Sosbee, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard. A member of the U.S. Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey, he was killed in the line of duty in the Aleutians on July 18, 1943, when the Coast Guard amphibian plane in which he was riding crashed into a mountain in a heavy fog.

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