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Personal info

Full name
WITKOS, Joseph Anthony
Date of birth
27 October 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32911492
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
Franceau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 65

Immediate family

Members
Egnatz Witkos (father)
Rose Witkos (mother)
George Witkos (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph A. Witkos was employed at the Federal Paper Board before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 5 April 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy