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Personal info

Full name
WOJCIK, Henry Floryan
Date of birth
4 November 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Mystic, Appanoose County, Iowa
Hometown
Strawn, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38029216
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
747th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sevenig (Our)-Kesfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 9 21

Immediate family

Members
John J. Wojcik (father)
Fatinello Wojcik (sister)
Stanley Wojcik (brother)
Katie Wojcik (sister)
Walter Wojcik (brother)
George Wojcik (brother)
Albert A. Wojcik (brother)

More information

Sgt Henry F. Wojcik enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 15 March 1941.

Sgt Wojcik's brother, T/Sgt Albert A. Wojcik, was killed in a mission to bomb factories in Poznan, Poland and is buried at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Interment Record / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll8/id/3499

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet