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Personal info

Full name
DRUYOS, James "Jimmy"
Date of birth
17 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bowers Hill, Norfolk County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33640234
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 10 60

Immediate family

Members
James Dudzik (stepfather)
Madeline F. (Faye) Dudzik (mother)
Mary Druyos (sister)
Peter Druyos (brother)
Marcus Druyos (brother)
John W. Dudzik (half brother)
Emilie Didzik (half sister)

More information

Pvt James Druyos attended Deep Creek High School in Chesapeake, Virginia for 3 years.

He enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 8 June 1943.

His father was born in Greece and his mother in the Czech Republic.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.
He is remembered at the Bowers Hill-Sunray Community Center Cemetery in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Leo Minne, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / SWF / Thomas Pratt