Funeral Tomorrow for Sgt. Dzingoski

Courier-Post, Camden N.J. - January 13, 1943

Full Military Honors Will Be Paid; Legion To Hold Ritual

Sgt. Gus Dzingoski, killed last Wednesday when a Flying Fortress crashed near White City, Kansas, will be given full military honors tomorrow morning.

The flying sergeant was the son of the late Constanty Dzingoski and Mrs. Stella Dzingoski, of 1476 Louis Street. His is the first casualty of this war from St. Joseph's Catholic church, Tenth and Mechanic streets.

The body arrived yesterday under full military escort and was met by Funeral Director Stanley Ciechanowski. The American Legion funeral ritual will be conducted in the mother's home at 8:30 tonight. It will be led by Paul Donahue, Camden County Legion commander. Assisting will be Bolek Palsielski, commander of Laskowski-Wojtkowiak Post 74, American Legion.

Scouts to Pay Tribute

The funeral will be conducted in the home at 8:30 AM tomorrow followed by Solemn High Mass of Requiem in St. Joseph's church at 9:30 AM. Burial will be held in St. Joseph's cemetery, Chews Landing NJ. Legionnaires and delegates from the St. Joseph's American Red Cross Unit, Boy Scouts from the church's Troop No. 25, and the parish Girl Scout troop will participate.

Sgt. Dzingoski, a former basketball and baseball star at Camden High School, quit the job held with Public Service for 12 years to enlist in the Army Air Corps on April 7, 1942. He trained as a radio operator at Scott Field IL, Miami FL, and in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico, and had been assigned to a Topeka KS base but three days before the fatal crash.