Helmet, Tank, 1st Lt. Joseph Zitnik, 66th Arm. Regt., 2nd Armored Division, DOW October 5, 1944, ETO
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Amazing genuine WWII US Army shock-absorbing helmet, intended for tank and armored vehicle crews.
Manufactured by Wilson Ath. Goods Mfg. Co. in Chicago, Illinois.
Size 6 ⅞.
Complete and in rather good, worn condition.
Some 1st Lieutenant rank insignia has been painted on the front, while laundry number Z-4297 has been written inside.
Joseph Zitnik was born on February 16, 1912 in Scammon, Kansas and joined the US Army on April 30, 1942. Commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant (officer's ASN O-1014297), he went on to serve with 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division and deployed to Europe, where he was fatally wounded in action on October 5, 1944 in the Netherlands. He was later buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium (Plot F, Row 1, Grave 73).
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/zitnik%3Djoseph
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/24563271/joseph-zitnik
Illustration documents available in digital format only.
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Amazing genuine WWII US Army shock-absorbing helmet, intended for tank and armored vehicle crews.
Manufactured by Wilson Ath. Goods Mfg. Co. in Chicago, Illinois.
Size 6 ⅞.
Complete and in rather good, worn condition.
Some 1st Lieutenant rank insignia has been painted on the front, while laundry number Z-4297 has been written inside.
Joseph Zitnik was born on February 16, 1912 in Scammon, Kansas and joined the US Army on April 30, 1942. Commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant (officer's ASN O-1014297), he went on to serve with 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division and deployed to Europe, where he was fatally wounded in action on October 5, 1944 in the Netherlands. He was later buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium (Plot F, Row 1, Grave 73).
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/zitnik%3Djoseph
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/24563271/joseph-zitnik
Illustration documents available in digital format only.