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Personal info

Full name
DUFEK, Joseph E
Date of birth
7 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Luxemburg, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Pilsen, Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16156687
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
Near Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 7 57

Immediate family

Members
George J. Dufek (father)
Julia Dufek (mother)
Francis Dufek (brother)
James Dufek (brother)
Mary Ann Dufek (sister)

More information

Sgt Joseph E. Dufek graduated from Kewaunee High School in 1942 and attended NYA school in Marinette. He was employed at the Bremerton Navy Yard in the state of Washington.

He volunteered for the U.S. Army in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 10 December 1942. He trained at Camp Phillips, Kansas; Camp Forrest, Tennessee and Camp McCain, Mississippi. He was sent overseas in August, 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mary Ann Schulist, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.newspapers.com - Green Bay Press Gazette Wisconsin 23 February 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Kewaunee Enterprise - 2 March 1945