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Personal info

Full name
LOIZIDES, Peter C
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Greece
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32793347
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 26 37

Immediate family

Members
Christos P. Loizides (father)
Athanasia Loizides (mother)
Louis Loizides (brother)
Catrina Loizides (sister)
Alexandrina Loizides (sister)

More information

Sgt Peter C. Loizides attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 5 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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