Julius C. Striewski
Private, U.S. Army
Service Number: 32950722
Unit: 301st Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division
Entered the service from: New Jersey
Died: February 22, 1945
Buried at: Plot H, Row 16, Grave 84, Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg
Awards: Purple Heart
Private Julius Striewski was the son of Charles and Emma Striewski of New Brooklyn Road in Winslow Township, NJ. A 1942 graduate of Lower Camden County Regional High School, he had worked at Armstrong Cork in Camden, NJ, prior to his entry into the Army in June 1943. Julius Striewski went overseas in December 1943. He was assigned to the 301st Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division.
Three other Striewski brothers were also in the service. The 94th Infantry Division landed at Utah Beach on D+94. From there they moved into Brittany to contain the Germans in the Lorient and St. Nazaire Pockets, keeping nearly 30,000 troops penned up at those two cities while guarding the Allied Army’s rear. Three months later, when the Battle of the Bulge started, the 94th was called into action. Sent to General Patton’s Third Army in the Saar–Moselle Triangle region, they assaulted and cracked the vaunted “Siegfried Switch Line” which had kept the Third Army at bay since September. After destroying the Switch, the division vaulted across the Saar River. Private Striewski was killed while his unit was effecting a crossing and establishing a bridgehead across the Saar River on February 22, 1945, at Serrig, Germany.
Julius Striewski was survived by his mother, and several brothers and sisters. His three brothers, Herman, Robert, and Frederick Striewski, all served overseas during the war. Sergeant Robert Striewski served in the Army Air Force and was shot down over Romania on May 5, 1944. Parachuting to safety, he was rescued by partisan forces. Frederick Striewski served as a sergeant in the 35th Infantry Division, finishing the war closer to Berlin than any other American ground unit, seeing action in five campaigns — Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe — and winning the Purple Heart. He passed away on October 24, 2001.
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission