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Personal info

Full name
DORULLA, John W "Dick"
Date of birth
25 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Oliver #3, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chestnut Ridge, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33146448
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters,
French Croix de Guerre

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 April 1945
Place of death
Dessau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 13

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Dorulla (father)
Helen M. Dorulla (mother)
Stanley J. Dorulla (brother)

More information

T/Sgt John W. Dorulla enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 January 1942.

He was a miner before he enlisted. He was awarded the Silver Star twice, the second time posthumously, for gallantry in action.
He was wounded three times, he participated in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium and Germany. He 'got up to the Ruhr River' and was at Eschweiler when he learned he was due for a furlough.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.history.army.mil, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Herald