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Personal info

Full name
PODGORSKI, Stanley
Date of birth
19 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32568214
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
629th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicnity of Linz am Rhein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 4 33

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Podgorski (father)
Elenora Podgorski (mother)
Lottie Podgorski (sister)
Elianor Podgorski (sister)
Felix Podgorski (brother)
Jennie Podgorski (sister)

More information

Sgt Stanley Podgorski worked in a machine shop.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 24 October 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs/629th_Unit_History_1941-45-8_pages.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet