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Personal info

Full name
SAMODULSKI, Joseph John
Date of birth
27 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32012527
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Bübingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 12

Immediate family

Members
Frank Samodulski (father)
Pelagia (Lange) Samodulski (mother)
Florence Samodulski (sister)
Helen Samodulski (sister)
Peter Samodulski (brother)
Frank Samodulski (brother)
Edward Samodulski (brother)
Cecilia Samodulski (sister)
Lawrence Samodulski (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph J. Samodulski attended high school for three years and was an office machine operator before he enlisted in Jamaica, New York on 25 November 1940.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Mary P. Walker, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lawrence Lancucki Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.wwiimemorial.com – Mary P. Walker