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SSgt Emil Francis Koziol

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SSgt Emil Francis Koziol Veteran

Birth
Platte County, Nebraska, USA
Death
12 Jul 1944 (aged 28)
France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France GPS-Latitude: 49.3596535, Longitude: -0.855678
Plot
Section C Row 1 Grave 4
Memorial ID
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From the web site at:
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/heros/hpcn0183.htm#arkluck
Staff Sergeant Emil F. Koziol was born in Burrows Township, near Tarnov, Nebraska, on October 4, 1915. He was killed in action in France on July 12, 1944.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Koziol of Tarnov, Nebraska, now deceased. He had seven brothers, three of whom served in World War II. They are Ray Koziol, P.O. 1/c, who served in the South Pacific; Jerome Koziol, a sergeant, who served in France; Mike Koziol, F. 1/c, who was in the Coast Guard stationed at New Orleans, Louisiana; Clifford Koziol of Genoa, Nebraska; Joe Koziol of Genoa, Nebraska; Andrew Koziol of New York City; and Gerhard Koziol of Humphrey, Nebraska.

Emil F. Koziol attended the Platte County District School and St. Michael's Parochial School at Tarnov, Nebraska. He was employed on a farm in Burrows Township until he entered the service on February 13, 1941.

Staff Sergeant Emil F. Koziol went overseas with the Thirty-fifth Division of the One Hundred Thirty-fourth Infantry in April of 1944, and was killed in action in France on July 12, 1944. He was buried overseas.

Memorial services were held for him at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, August 12, 1944, at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Genoa, Nebraska, with the Reverend Father Zukowski officiating at the Requiem High Mass.
From the web site at:
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/heros/hpcn0183.htm#arkluck
Staff Sergeant Emil F. Koziol was born in Burrows Township, near Tarnov, Nebraska, on October 4, 1915. He was killed in action in France on July 12, 1944.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Koziol of Tarnov, Nebraska, now deceased. He had seven brothers, three of whom served in World War II. They are Ray Koziol, P.O. 1/c, who served in the South Pacific; Jerome Koziol, a sergeant, who served in France; Mike Koziol, F. 1/c, who was in the Coast Guard stationed at New Orleans, Louisiana; Clifford Koziol of Genoa, Nebraska; Joe Koziol of Genoa, Nebraska; Andrew Koziol of New York City; and Gerhard Koziol of Humphrey, Nebraska.

Emil F. Koziol attended the Platte County District School and St. Michael's Parochial School at Tarnov, Nebraska. He was employed on a farm in Burrows Township until he entered the service on February 13, 1941.

Staff Sergeant Emil F. Koziol went overseas with the Thirty-fifth Division of the One Hundred Thirty-fourth Infantry in April of 1944, and was killed in action in France on July 12, 1944. He was buried overseas.

Memorial services were held for him at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, August 12, 1944, at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Genoa, Nebraska, with the Reverend Father Zukowski officiating at the Requiem High Mass.

Inscription

Emil F. Koziol
SSgt ~ 320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Nebraska ~ July 12, 1944
37034336

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Nebraska.




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  • Maintained by: Don
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56646561/emil_francis-koziol: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Emil Francis Koziol (4 Oct 1915–12 Jul 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56646561, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Don (contributor 46558676).