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Personal info

Full name
PAUZA, Joseph Matthew
Date of birth
10 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1323349
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 27 36

Immediate family

Members
Matthew Pauza (father)
Anna Pauza (mother)
William Pauza (brother)
Anna Pauza (sister)
Beatrice Pauza (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Joseph M. Pauza attended high school for four years and was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 July 1941. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1920/1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Mount Carmel Item 9 July 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, www.newspapers.com – Mount Carmel Item 14 July 1945