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Personal info

Full name
SITARZ, John J
Date of birth
7 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia
Hometown
Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35761251
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Raffelsbrand-Germeter, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Sitarz (father)
Sophia (Ciak) Sitarz (mother)
Ama Sitarz (sister)
Stanly Sitarz (brother)
Laura Sitarz (sister)
Genavive Sitarz (sister)
Tressa Sitarz (sister)
John Sitarz (brother)
Bernice Sitarz (sister)

More information

Pfc John J. Sitarz graduated from Weir High School. He enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 16 September 1943.

Members of Pvt Sitarz's unit saw him wounded by land mines but were unable to help him. By the time his regiment had control of the area and could search for the wounded, Private Sitarz could not be found. After the war, American investigators obtained a copy of a German propaganda broadcast from 29 November 1944, that included a list of American soldiers killed in action. The incomplete transcript referenced some of the men of the 110th Infantry killed in the Hürtgen Forest, including a soldier named "John" with Pvt Sitarz's service number: 32871732. This information suggests that German forces searched or recovered his body during the battle. American Graves Registration Service personnel were unable to locate his remains after the war.

On 27 May 2020, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Pfc Sitarz was accounted for.

Pfc Sitarz has been given his final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on 9 November 2021

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.buckswar.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / WWII Army Enlistment Record / West Virginia, Births Index, 1804-1938,The Story of the 28th ID

Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Weir High School, 1943