He was serving in B Company of the 509th. He was killed in the battle for Hill 84 or as it was known as Castle Hill near La Napoule. In all the company would lose 10 of the 13 killed during the battle. It is believed he was actually killed on 21 Aug as were the rest of the casualties. The mistakes in the dates of death are probably due to a mix-up in paperwork at some point in the administrative process. Eyewitness accounts and period documents such as medal citation and burial reports indicate that most if not all were killed 21st August,
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #33312244
Enlistment Date: 05/07/1942
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Awards: Purple Heart
Joseph L. Zadlo is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, lists cause of death as land mine, injury to leg.
Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, lists place of birth as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Form states his foreign service started in February 1943.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Agnes Zadlo (Mother)
Schwab Road, Rural Delivery
Hatfield, Pennsylvania
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his photos and updating plot and birth location information on this memorial***
He was serving in B Company of the 509th. He was killed in the battle for Hill 84 or as it was known as Castle Hill near La Napoule. In all the company would lose 10 of the 13 killed during the battle. It is believed he was actually killed on 21 Aug as were the rest of the casualties. The mistakes in the dates of death are probably due to a mix-up in paperwork at some point in the administrative process. Eyewitness accounts and period documents such as medal citation and burial reports indicate that most if not all were killed 21st August,
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #33312244
Enlistment Date: 05/07/1942
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Awards: Purple Heart
Joseph L. Zadlo is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, lists cause of death as land mine, injury to leg.
Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, lists place of birth as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Form states his foreign service started in February 1943.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Agnes Zadlo (Mother)
Schwab Road, Rural Delivery
Hatfield, Pennsylvania
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his photos and updating plot and birth location information on this memorial***
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