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Personal info

Full name
DYSARCZYK, Gilbert Joseph
Date of birth
12 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36174663
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 May 1945
Place of death
Fernstein, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 32 15

Immediate family

Members
Anthony J. Dysarczyk (father)
Clara C. (Drozdouska) Dysarczyk (mother)
Lawrence J. Dysarczyk (brother)
Robert F. Dysarczyk (brother)
Sylvia D. Dysarczyk (sister)
Mary Ann Dysarczyk (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Gilbert J. Dysarczyk graduated from St. Anthony's High School and was employed at the Chrysler Corporation before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 4 March 1942.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Ms Sylvia D Sokol, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Neumann Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Detroit Evening Times - 7 June 1945