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Personal info

Full name
DIRSA, Victor Norman
Date of birth
9 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35314497
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bacourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 20

Immediate family

Members
Antonette A. Dirsa (mother)

More information

S/Sgt Victor N. Dirsa was a metalworker employed by the American Brass Mfg. Co. before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 16 July 1942.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thDivision.com
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