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Personal info

Full name
ZOCCHI, John V
Date of birth
9 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Hometown
San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
39116283
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 5 7

Immediate family

Members
William G. Zocchi (father)
Eva L. (Marithal) Zocchi (mother)
William L. Zocchi (brother)
Roy C. Zocchi (brother)
Constance P. (Fisher) Zocchi (wife)

More information

Sgt John V. Zocchi worked as a butcher at a meat market.

He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 5 December 1942.

He was wounded in November 1944 by fragments of an artillery shell.

According to a Prisoner of War Record, Sgt Zocchi was taken prisoner on the same day of his death.

At that time, his unit was engaged in the fighting around Verdenne and Menil-Favay, Belgium. The exact circumstances and place are not known.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, Enlistment Record / National Archives, ABMC / National Archives, National ARchives / WWII Memorial, CWGC-ABMC / Find A Grave, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Family Tree / Birth Index, WWII Draft Card, Headstone and Internment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet