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Personal info

Full name
LADGINSKI, Paul M
Date of birth
23 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Northfield, Washington County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
O1328156
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Baal, Düsseldorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 9 16

Immediate family

Members
Peter Ladginski (father)
Julia (Bordson) Ladginski (mother)
Rosie Ladginski (sister)
Annie Ladginski (sister)
Esther Ladginski (sister)
Mary Ladginski (sister)
Peter Ladginski (brother)
Julia Ladginski (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Paul M. Ladginski graduated from high school in 1938 and was employed by the Bryant-Chucking Grinder company in Springfield, Vermont before he enlisted in Rutland, Vermont on 13 April 1942 and trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

His parents were both born in Poland and the family name in the 1930/1940 Census was written as Ladzinski.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Town and Vital Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, David Quinn (nephew)