World War II
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Service # | O-798271 |
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Unit | 22nd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group |
Rank | First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces |
Entered Service From | New Jersey |
Date of Death | May 27 1944 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Tablets of the Missing
Ardennes American Cemetery |
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Air Medal
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Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes
Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of 1st Lt. Fazekas were accounted for in 2017, and his name remains permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery.