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Personal info

Full name
SZCZEPANSKI, Thaddeus
Date of birth
24 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42109384
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
Rocherath Forest, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 10 23

Immediate family

Members
Frank W. Szczepanski (father)
Veronica M. (Moskal) Szczepanski (mother)
Francis Szczepanski (sister)
Bernard Szczepanski (brother)
Frank Szczepanski (brother)
Dorothy Szczepanski (sister)
Teresa Szczepanski (sister)
Charlotte Szczepanski (sister)
Leonard Szczepanski (brother)

More information

Pfc Thaddeus Szczepanski enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 24 March 1944.
He attended high school for 4 years and was a stock clerk before he enlisted.

Pfc Szczepanski was previously wounded on 21 November 1944.

He was first buried at block JJJ, row 7, grave 133. He was married.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Buffalo News 2 March 1945, East High School, Buffalo, New York 1939