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KOZEN, Joseph Eugene - Date of
birth
19 August 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio -
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35248735 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
28 November 1944 - Place of
death
Inden/Altdorf, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| I | 6 | 11 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Joseph Kozen (father)
Angela E. (Sczerowski) Kozen (mother)
Marie Kozen (sister)
Eleanor Kozen (sister)
More information
Pvt Joseph E. Kozen graduated from East Technical High School in January 1944.He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 25 March 1944.
His father Joseph Korzeniewski was born in Lublin, Poland and naturalized in 1919. He changed his name to Kozen.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record, www.oldhickory30th.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Patti Johnson, Cleveland Plain Dealer, East Technical High School January 1944