Joseph A Petruska

Pfc Joseph Petruska was killed in action on 08 June 1944, serving with Anti-Tank Company, 175th Infantry Regiment. On 8 June 1944, the 175th Infantry Regiment was in the vicinity of Gruchy, France, having halted there in the early hours of the morning, between roughly 2:00 and 4:00 AM, to reorganize its units following the initial Normandy landings. Afterward, the regiment moved out and turned west, advancing along the highway toward Isigny. While the precise activities of the Regimental Troops that day are not separately documented, they would have been part of this broader regimental movement through the Normandy countryside as the unit pressed inland from the invasion beaches. Pfc Petruska was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.