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Personal info

Full name
KOTCHICK, William Perilla
Date of birth
10 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Union, Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
32848288
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Koslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 4 19

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Kotchick Jr. (father)
Irene Kotchick (mother)
Arlene Kotchick (sister)
Robert Kotchick (brother)
Joyce Kotchick (sister)
Eugene Kotchick (brother)

More information

Pfc William P. Kotchik graduated from Union-Endicott High School and was employed by International Business Machines Corp.

He enlisted on 20 March 1943 in Binghampton, New York. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 24 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlisment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin