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Personal info

Full name
TARAZAVICH, Vincent Paul
Date of birth
19 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, New York

Military service

Service number
32716547
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Between Kaundorf and Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 35 41

Immediate family

Members
Maxim Tarazavich (father)
Anastasia Tarazavich (mother)
Peter J. Tarazevits (brother)
Lucille (Coleman) Tarazavich (wife)

More information

Pvt Vincent P. Tarazavich attended East Hampton High School. He was employed at Sagharbor Guild Incorporated in Sagharbor.

He enlisted in January 1942 and was sent overseas in March 1944. He landed in France on 7 September 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - VFW Post 550, East Hampton, New York, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org -The East Hampton Star, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.findagrave.com - The East Hampton Star