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Personal info

Full name
LEGOSA, Julius Louis
Date of birth
1 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31332253
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
In the Bastogne area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 40

Immediate family

Members
Elizabeth Legosa (mother)
Elinor M. Legosa (sister)
Betty Legosa (sister)
Ethel Legosa (sister)
Helen Legosa (sister)
Ernest Legosa (brother)
Jimmy Legosa (brother)
Koza Legosa (brother)
Olga Legosa (sister)
Violet Legosa (sister)
Polly Legosa (sister)

More information

T/4 Julius L. Legosa enlisted in New London, Connecticut on 13 April 1943.

His initial burial took place on Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet