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PIHERA, Joseph J - Date of
birth
22 January 1909 -
Age
36 - Place of
birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio -
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
15013922 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
8 October 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Fort Driant, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Benedick Pihera (father)
Josephine (Tintera) Pihera (mother)
Julia Pihera (sister)
James Pihera (mother)
Mary Pihera (sister)
Rosie Pihera (sister)
Chris Pihera (brother)
Frank Pihera (brother)
Charles Pihera (brother)
More information
S/Sgt Joseph J. Pihera volunteered for the Army of the United States in Columbus, Ohio, on 12 October 1940.According to a report of 2nd Lt Goell, B Company was ordered to attack a section of Fort Driant on 7 October 1944. The platoon of S/Sgt Pihera was surrounded in a concrete shelter were they had assembled for re-organization and were killed by enemy small arms and artillery fire. No attempts could be made to evacuate the remains of casualties incurred in this action due to the tactital position of the enemy. Field investigations were conducted in the area in May 1948 and January 1950 with negative results.
S/Sgt Pihera was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, IDPF
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Michael V. Drachman, DPAA