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Joseph L. Burlazzi (May 20, 1912 – March 23, 1943) was a private in the United States Army who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his conduct during military operations in North Africa during World War II. He became the Belleville, New Jersey area's "first local war casualty" on March 23, 1943, when he was killed while fighting at the front near Tunisia.