Name:
Joseph A. Szewc
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Lakeside Memorial Park Cemetery, New York
Plot:
Section B-2
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
Joseph A. Szewc was born on March 19, 1920 in New York. He enlisted in the Army on October 25, 1940, prior to the war, in Buffalo, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents. He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war. Joseph served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Corporal in the Engineers of the 1st Infantry Division. He died from his wounds received in battle on June 6, 1944 during the invasion on Omaha Beach, France at the age of 24 and is now buried in Lakeside Memorial Park Cemetery, Hamburg, Erie County, New York, USA.
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