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Personal info

Full name
ZITNIK, Joseph
Date of birth
16 February 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Scammon, Cherokee County, Kansas
Hometown
Wichita County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
01014297
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 1 73

Immediate family

Members
Frank Zitnik (father)
Elizabeth (Frazier) Zitnik (mother)
Louis Zitnik (brother)
Frank Zitnik (brother)
Anna Zitnik (sister)
Elizabeth Zitnik (sister)
Laura F. Zitnik (sister)
Josephine Zitnik (sister)
Maxine L. (Ford) Zitnik (wife)
Joseph M. Zitnik (son)

More information

1st Lt Joseph Zitnik graduated from Kansas State University in 1936.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Sheree Dowdle, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science 1936