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DZIESULSKI, Joe Chester - Date of
birth
15 March 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois -
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36309070 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
1 October 1944 - Place of
death
The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 5 | 16 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Michalina (Nawrocki) Dziesulski (mother)
Cecilia E. (Kusmirek) Dziesulski (wife)
More information
S/Sgt Joe C. Dziesulski enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 13 December 1941.Joe and Cecilia had married about a year before he was Killed in Action. They were both from the south side of Chicago. His death devastated his young widow, who never remarried.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Cecilia M. Willems, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, Illinois Marriage Index,
www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Mien Spronk / Cecilia M. Willems