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Personal info

Full name
STRUNK, Joseph V
Date of birth
8 December 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Lautenberg, Poland
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35923715
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 25 51

Immediate family

Members
Frank Strunk (brother)
Angelus Strunk (brother)
Pearl Strunk (sister)
Angeline Strunk (sister)
Clara Strunk (wife)
Carol A. Strunk (daughter)

More information

Pvt Joseph V. Strunk enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 10 December 1943.
He attended high school for 2 years and was a retail manager for Tom McAnn shoe store.
Pvt Strunk was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

He changed his name from Zdunek to Strunk with his naturalization.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: - www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam / Patti Johnson