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Personal info

Full name
PIESZCHALA, Peter Raymond
Date of birth
10 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
35842832
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
East of Kommerscheidt, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 15 11

Immediate family

Members
Frank Pieszchala (father)
Mary (Klocek) Pieszchala (mother)
Walter Pieszchala (brother)
Stella Pieszchala (sister)
Joseph Pieszchala (brother)
Andrew Pieszchala (brother)
Chester Pieszchala (brother)
Lillian Pieszchala (sister)
Helen (Wolf) Pieszchala (wife)
Madelyn J. Pieszchala (daughter)

More information

Pvt Peter R. Pieszchala enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, on 16 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Cook County Illinois Marriage Index / Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Madelyn Pieszchala Burczyk (daughter) - courtesy of Kathy McDermott