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Personal info

Full name
RESETAR, George Joseph
Date of birth
29 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Campbell, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Struthers, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35535543
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 21 40

Immediate family

Members
George Resetar (father)
Mary A. (Kopnitsky) Resetar (mother)
Stephen W. Resetar (brother)
Mary Resetar (sister)
Anna M. Resetar (sister)
Elizabeth Resetar (sister)

More information

Pfc George J. Resetar graduated from Struthers High School and was employed at the Carngu Steel Corporation before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 11 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his face.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Michelle Renee Noel Barth Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Youngstown Vindicator - 3 December 1944