John Anthony Gluszek served as a Private 1st Class in Company C, 853rd Engineer AVN Battalion, CE, United States Army during World War II.
He was a son of John T. and Julia Gluszek.
He died of injuries received in action in North Africa on November 26, 1943.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army on January 9, 1943.
His hometown was listed as Niagara County, New York.
AIRMAN MISSING IN AFRICAN AREA
FLIGHT ENGINEER ENLISTED A YEAR AGO
Pfc John A. Gluszek, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gluszek, 409 Clinton Street, Army Air Corps engineer has been missing in the North Africa Area since Nov. 26, according to word received by relatives from the War Department.
Pfc. Gluszek enlisted Jan. 9 and received his training at Ft. Niagara, Jefferson Barracks, Dyersburg, Tenn., and Brookley Field, Mobile, Alabama. He married Carrie McCullor, Medina, who makes her home with his parents in this city.
A brother, Sgt. Andrew Gluszek, 26, is in the Mediterranean Area where he participated in the invasion of Africa, Sicily, and Italy. The two brothers have sent many souvenirs home to relatives.
(From the Lockport (N.Y.) Union-Sun & Journal, Thursday, December 30, 1943, Page 1
John Anthony Gluszek served as a Private 1st Class in Company C, 853rd Engineer AVN Battalion, CE, United States Army during World War II.
He was a son of John T. and Julia Gluszek.
He died of injuries received in action in North Africa on November 26, 1943.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army on January 9, 1943.
His hometown was listed as Niagara County, New York.
AIRMAN MISSING IN AFRICAN AREA
FLIGHT ENGINEER ENLISTED A YEAR AGO
Pfc John A. Gluszek, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gluszek, 409 Clinton Street, Army Air Corps engineer has been missing in the North Africa Area since Nov. 26, according to word received by relatives from the War Department.
Pfc. Gluszek enlisted Jan. 9 and received his training at Ft. Niagara, Jefferson Barracks, Dyersburg, Tenn., and Brookley Field, Mobile, Alabama. He married Carrie McCullor, Medina, who makes her home with his parents in this city.
A brother, Sgt. Andrew Gluszek, 26, is in the Mediterranean Area where he participated in the invasion of Africa, Sicily, and Italy. The two brothers have sent many souvenirs home to relatives.
(From the Lockport (N.Y.) Union-Sun & Journal, Thursday, December 30, 1943, Page 1
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JOHN
ANTHONY
GLUSZEK
PFC
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
FEB 16 1922
NOV 26 1943
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