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Personal info

Full name
KORDAS, Joseph J
Date of birth
23 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33084889
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Groesbeek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 4 14

Immediate family

Members
Anthony F. Kordas (father)
Catherine (Kocylo) Kordas (mother)
Nellie Kordas (sister)
John Kordas (brother)
Helen Kordas (sister)
Frank Kordas (brother)

More information

Sgt Joseph J. Kordas enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 24 June 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands on 5 October 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, WWIIMemorial.com, Fold3.com, Marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: Marketgarden.com, The Kordas Family