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Personal info

Full name
RUZZA, Guerrino
Date of birth
7 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36561805
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Near Azelot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 5 10

Immediate family

Members
Pasquale Ruzza (father)
Vita (Tarullo) Ruzza (mother)
Pat Ruzza (brother)
Gene Ruzza (brother)
Florence M. Ruzza (sister)
Alfred Ruzza (brother)
Rose Ruzza (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Guerrino Ruzza was employed at the Packard Motors Company before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kurzyniec Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
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