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Personal info

Full name
BENCZIK, Dezso
Date of birth
19 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Miller Heights, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Freemansburg, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33617622
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 19

Immediate family

Members
George Benczik (father)
Gizelle Benczik (mother)
Samuel Benczik (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Dezso Benczik attended high school for two years and was a sales clerk.

He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 25 February 1943. He arrived in france in June 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: The Bethelem Globe 20 December 1944 - courtesy of John Sise