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Personal info

Full name
DALIDOWICZ, Joseph J
Date of birth
8 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Locust Valley, Nassau County, New York
Hometown
Locust Valley, Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
32905205
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 49

Immediate family

Members
Bronislaw K. Dalidowicz (father)
Ewelina "Evelyn" Dalidowicz (mother)
Edward Dalidowicz (brother)
Anne H. Dalidowicz (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph J. Dalidowicz attended high school for one year and was a sales clerk before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 10 May 1943.

He was reported wounded in action after he stepped on a landmine and subsequently died of an infection in a hospital.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy