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Personal info

Full name
OROSZ, John
Date of birth
31 March 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33083350
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Near Heilbronn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 3 53

Immediate family

Members
George Orosz (father)
Mary (Bratha) Orosz (mother)
George Orosz (brother)
Stephen Orosz (brother)
Mary Orosz (sister)
Louis Orosz (brother)
William Orosz (brother)
Joseph Orosz (brother)
Flora M. (Pursel) Orosz (wife)

More information

T/Sgt John Orosz was a driver before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 17 June 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Copenhaver Hunter Family Tree / Pennsylvania WWII Veteran Compensation Application Files / 1940 Census, www.10tharmored.com
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