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Personal info

Full name
ESTWICK, John Samuel
Date of birth
8 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey
Hometown
Sussex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O1057052
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 78

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Estwick (father)
Anna M. (Wolfe) Estwick (mother)
M. (Von Nette) Estwick (wife)

More information

2nd Lt John S. Estwick attended Colgate University for two years.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Colgate University - 1940/1941