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Personal info

Full name
SARNY, Joseph
Date of birth
8 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Maywood, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
39585613
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Hürtgenwald, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 1 60

Immediate family

Members
Rocco Sarny (father)
Amelia Sarny (mother)
Amelia C. Sarny (sister)
Louis Sarny (brother)
Michael Sarny (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph Sarny attended Proviso East High School.

He enlisted at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California on 11 May 1944.

The 4th Infantry Division was just about to be relieved on the day he was killed.

Source of information: Tom Verheijden, Carla Mans, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://bataanproject.com/Brown_H.html, www.findagrave.com