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Personal info

Full name
RADZEVICH, John
Date of birth
16 August 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
DuBois, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36751457
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mortagne-Les Rouge Eaux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 31 5

Immediate family

Members
Joe Radzevich (father)
Miklela Radzevich (mother)
Joe Radzevich (brother)
Ella Radzevich (sister)
Stanley Radzevich (brother)
Geraldine M. (Couturiaux) Radzevich (wife)

More information

Pfc John Radzevich was an aviation mechanic employed by the LERC Company before he enlisted.

In August 1944, he was wounded by artillery shell fragments. He was discharged from hospital in September 1944. For this action he received his first Purple Heart.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the neck and stomach.

Pfc Radzevich is remembered with a memorial marker at Denning Cemetery in Orient, Franklin County, Illinois.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Kaye Harkins McClintock