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Personal info

Full name
KUZMA, Henry Stephen
Date of birth
12 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42092949
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 23 13

Immediate family

Members
Anthony T. Kuzma (father)
Mary (Milun) Kuzma (mother)
Edward Kuzma (brother)
Irene Kuzma (sister)
Aloysius Kuzma (brother)
Mary Kuzma (sister)
Joseph Kuzma (brother)
Helen F. Kuzma (sister)
Helen M. (Wachowiak) Kuzma (wife)
Henry S. Kuzma (son)
Theresa C. Kuzma (daughter)

More information

Pfc Henry S. Kuzma was a paperhanger before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 15 January 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kuzma Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Desiree Conway / David Slowik