OSS Kosiczki, Joseph Steven

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Kosiczki
  • FORENAME
Joseph Steven
  • UNIT
OSS
  • RANK
Private First Class
  • NUMBER
  • AWARD
Bronze Star
  • PLACE
WW2
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 22.02.1919, Temerin, Yugoslavia (Josef Kosicki)
father Andrew Kosiczki
mother Elizabeth (nee Hornyik)
18.08.1922 arrived New York, USA aged 3
graduated University of Michigan (Degree in English literature)
13.03.1943 married Lucille (nee Laski) in Hamtramck, Michigan
employed by Ford Motor Company
16.10.1940 draft card Detroit, Michigan
20.05.1943 entered service
OSS sent to Indiana University to become fluent in Greek (7 languages mastered)
dropped into mountains of Italy
10.01.1946 discharged
postwar Hollywood agent
1950s returned to Michigan
wife Sandra (married 22 years)
sons
employed by Wolverine Insurance Co. as investigator and litigation strategist
employed by Detroit Law Firms as investigator and strategist
died 22.04.1998, Plymouth, Michigan (Aged 79) due Cardiac arrest
Parkview Memorial Park, Livonia, Michigan, USA
Name also shown as Joseph Kosky
 
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