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Personal info

Full name
ZILINSKY, Joseph Raymond "Joe"
Date of birth
12 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31250390
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Near Welz, Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 8 3

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Zilinsky (father)
Amelia Zilinski (mother)
Mary Zilinsky (sister)
George P. Zilinski (brother)
John Zilinsky (brother)
Agnes Zilinsky (sister)

More information

Sgt Joseph R. Zilinsky attended high school for three years and was employed at the Waterbury plant of the Risdon Mfg. Co.

He enlisted at Hartford, Connecticut on 17 November 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.
His brother, Cpl George P. Zilinski, was reported missing in action on 28 February 1943 during heavy engagments with the enemy near Sidi Bou Zid in Tunisia. He is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing at the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Jewish Servicemen Cards, www.newspapers.com - Naugatuck Daily News, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, Esther Odendaal