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Personal info

Full name
KARDOS, Joseph
Date of birth
5 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Williams, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33361091
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 July 1944
Place of death
La Haye-du-Puits, Normandy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 44 16

Immediate family

Members
Alex Kardos (father)
Verna Kardos (mother)
Gera Kardos (sister)
Alex Kardos (brother)
Helen Kardos (sister)
Rudolph Kardos (brother)
Irene Kardos (sister)
Gelella Kardos (sister)
Elizabeth Kardos (sister)
Edward Kardos (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph Kardos was a construction worker before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 19 August 1942.

His parents were born in Hungary.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 28th Infantry Regiment, History of the 28th Infantry Regiment

Photo source: Jac Engels, The Bethelem Globe 13 November 1945 - courtesy of John Sise