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Personal info

Full name
ZIER, John A "Yash"
Date of birth
1 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42005201
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 11 21

Immediate family

Members
John Zier (father)
Sophia (Dizienczka) Zier (mother)
Josephine Zier (sister)
Helen Dzierzenka (sister)
Jennie Dzierzenka (sister)
Anna Dzierzenka (sister)
Joseph Dzierzenka (brother)
Madeline Dzierzenka (sister)
Marion (Suchocki) Zier (wife)
Dolores L. Zier (daughter)

More information

Pfc John A. Zier attended Clifton High School and was employed by Raysbestos-Manhattan Inc.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 20 July 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, The News - 9 February 1945