Joseph Paul Maron was born on August 29, 1916 in Ohio. He was the son of John Maron and Paulina Barbara Podles Maron. He graduated from Memorial High School. Joseph was a Scoutmaster and amateur weightlifter. Before being inducted into the Army, Joseph worked for Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Joseph served in the 8th Armored Division as a Technician 5th Grade during World War II.

On May 23, 1945, he was a passenger on Flight C-46D (4-77507) which was taking 41 American soldiers that were ill, injured, or repatriated prisoners of war to hospitals in the Paris, France area and was then eventually going to take them all back to the United States. This flight occurred after Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. However this C-46, for unknown reasons, developed a fire in one of it's two engines and crashed near the village of Taillefontaine, near Paris. All men aboard were killed in the crash. T5 Maron died at the age of 28 and is now buried in the Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA.

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