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Personal info

Full name
ROZIGER, Leo Jr
Date of birth
6 January 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32220502
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
443rd Civil Affairs Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 July 1943
Place of death
In the vicinity of Palermo, Sicily

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 10 4

Immediate family

Members
Leopold Roziger (father)
Johanna Roziger (mother)
Elizabeth Roziger (sister)
Matilda Roziger (sister)
Walter Roziger (brother)

More information

T/5 Leo Roziger Jr enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 28 February 1942.

He attended 4 years of high school and was a Industrial Clerk before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the U.S Temporary Cemetery of Paestum, Mount Soprano, Sicily.

He is buried next to his younger brother Walter, who was KIA on 1 November 1944 near Standdaarbuiten, the Netherlands.

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

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet