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Personal info

Full name
DLUGOSZ, Leo G
Date of birth
6 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
20231196
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the woods west of Château-Salins, Lorraine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 6 3

Immediate family

Members
Pauline A. Dlugosz (mother)
Edward W. Dlugosz (brother)
John Dlugosz (brother)
Mary Dlugosz (sister)
Frank Dlugosz (brother)
Julian Dlugosz (brother)

More information

Sgt Leo G. Dlugosz attended Bennett High School. He joined the National Guard in Buffalo, New York on 19 March 1940 and was the first of four brothers to enter the service.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery at Toul, France.

He is buried next to his brother Edward Dlugosz. His brother Frank was wounded on 7 November 1943 in Italy and returned to the United States. His brother Julian served with an Army Air Force maintenance unit in England.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlisted Men Cards / Headstone and Interment Record, www.coulthart.com/134, New York, State Census, 1925

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Buffalo Evening News 13 February 1937 / The Dayton Herald 9 December 1940