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Personal info

Full name
ZURENDA, Joseph Richard
Date of birth
9 March 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Tresckow, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hazle Village, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33463313
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Serrig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 72

Immediate family

Members
John Zurenda (father)
Barbara A. (Brutosky) Zurenda (mother)
Andrew Zurenda (brother)
Susan Zurenda (sister)
Anna Zurenda (sister)
John Zurenda (brother)
Mary Zurenda (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Joseph R. Zurenda attended West Hazleton High School for four years and was a weaver at the Duplan Silk Company before he enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 15 February 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Patricia Gulas Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Standard Speaker 7 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Standard Speaker 7 April 1945