Grave marker for John B., Dolezol in
Lakeview Cemetery, Macdoel (Siskiyou county), California.
John registered for the draft in
Alturas, CA on 30 June 1942 and was inducted into the Army at
Sacramento, CA on 0 February 1943.
On 13 September 1944, Pfc Dolezol was
transferred from Hq 82d A/B Division Leicester, England to Service
Company, 508th PIR. On 22 November 1944 he was transferred to Hq
3d.
Pfc Dolezol was hospitalized on 2
December 1944. He returned to duty on 11 December having been
discharged from the 50th Field Hospital, Camp Sissonne, France.
On 24 December 1944, he was evacuated
to a field hospital and classed as a "non-battle casualty."
On 20 May 1945, still not fully recovered, Pfc Dolezol was transferred to the hospital's detachment of patients
and did not return to the regiment.
John
married Ina Magoon in Lemhi, Idaho on 12 July 1947. |