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John V. Abramowicz

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John V. Abramowicz

Birth
Death
3 May 1960 (aged 49)
Burial
Kennedy Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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John V. Abramowicz joined the regular Army after graduation and served for 32
years. When Corregidor was attacked by the Japanese shortly after the advent of
World War II, Abramowicz was there. He endured the Bataan Death March and was a
prisoner of war of Imperial Japanese for forty-two months. After the war, he
became a member of the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. He was also a tavern
owner and a member of Vesle Post 418, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the
Lithuanian Beneficial Society.

Abramowicz initiated a proposition to tend to the upkeep of the Esplen memorial
to servicemen, which had previously fallen into disrepair. Abramowicz was
married to Florence Dzierski, and they had two sons, John P. and James, and a
daughter, Linda. Abramowicz died in 1960 at the age of 49 and was buried at St.
Mary Cemetery in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania (bio by Philippine Defenders,
http://philippine-defenders.lib.wv.us).
John V. Abramowicz joined the regular Army after graduation and served for 32
years. When Corregidor was attacked by the Japanese shortly after the advent of
World War II, Abramowicz was there. He endured the Bataan Death March and was a
prisoner of war of Imperial Japanese for forty-two months. After the war, he
became a member of the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. He was also a tavern
owner and a member of Vesle Post 418, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the
Lithuanian Beneficial Society.

Abramowicz initiated a proposition to tend to the upkeep of the Esplen memorial
to servicemen, which had previously fallen into disrepair. Abramowicz was
married to Florence Dzierski, and they had two sons, John P. and James, and a
daughter, Linda. Abramowicz died in 1960 at the age of 49 and was buried at St.
Mary Cemetery in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania (bio by Philippine Defenders,
http://philippine-defenders.lib.wv.us).


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