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Personal info

Full name
DZUS, John William
Date of birth
19 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
West Islip, Suffolk County, New York

Military service

Service number
32828672
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 86

Immediate family

Members
Nicholas Dzus (fatrher)
Wladyslawa (Ostrowska) Dzus (mother)
Jennie M. Dzus (sister)
Helen K. Dzus (sister)
Anastasia Dzus (sister)
Stella N. Dzus (sister)
Sophie M. Dzus (sister)
Julius Dzus (brother)
Nicholas Dzus Jr. (brother)
Caroline J. Dzus (sister)
Joseph Dzus (brother)
Marjorie I. (Shaber) Dzus (wife)

More information

Pfc John W. Dzus attended Babylon High School for one year and was employed at the Dzus Fastener Company Incorporated before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 9 March 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Marjorie Dzus Nania, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Elizabeth E. Harris Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / 1930 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Avellino Roots, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 8 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Howard A. Sutherland, www.ancestry.com - Elizabeth Harris