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Personal info

Full name
DORCSO, Joseph John
Date of birth
31 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33468258
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
Near Wincheringen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 4 10

Immediate family

Members
John A. Dorcso (father)
Catherine R. (Grivnovics) Dorcso (mother)
Mary A. Dorcso (sister)
Anna Dorcso (sister)
Elizabeth C. Dorcso (sister)
Catherine M. Dorcso (sister)
Francis M. (Williams) Dorcso (wife)

More information

Sgt Joseph J. Dorcso attended high school for four years and was a crane man before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 13 November 1942. He was sent overseas on 8 September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mondro Family Tree / Pennsylvania WWII Veteran Compensation Application Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery