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Personal info

Full name
BREZINA, Fred
Date of birth
24 May 1915
Age
27
Place of birth
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32385723
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
168th Infantry Regiment,
34th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 February 1943
Place of death
Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 8 18

Immediate family

Members
John Brezina (father)
Anna J. (Kmornik) Brezina (mother)
Joseph Brezina (brother)
Helen Brezina (sister)
Anna Brezina (sister)
Doris Brezina (sister)
Harold Brezina (brother)
Edward Brezina (brother)
John Brezina (brother)

More information

Pvt Fred Brezina enlisted in June 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1942.

His brother Harold W. Brezina is commemorated at the Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery.

Two more brothers also served during the War.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,www.ancestry.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, The Morning Call - 27 July 1945