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Personal info

Full name
BREZINA, Paul George
Date of birth
17 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31193352
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kleinhau, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 1 22

Immediate family

Members
Joseph J. Brezina (father)
Mary M. (Hrivnak) Brezina (mother)
John Brezina (brother)
Anna M. Brezina (sister)
Joseph J. Brezina (brother)
Mary Brezina (sister)
Francis P. Brezina (brother)
George J. Brezina (brother)

More information

Pfc Paul G. Brezina enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 6 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, 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 / Thornfeldt Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Thornfeldt Family Tree