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Personal info

Full name
SWIDERSKI, Zygmunt Joseph
Date of birth
11 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Lily, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16069624
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, east of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 19 8

Immediate family

Members
Zygmunt Swiderski (father)
Rose (Klimowski) Swiderski (mother)
Mary Swiderski (sister)
John W. Swiderski (brother)
Stanley Swiderski (brother)
Thomas L. Swiderski (brother)
Caroline Swiderski (sister)
Frank Swiderski (brother)
Rose A. Swiderski (sister)
Matthew J. Swiderski (brother)
Carolyn Swiderski (wife)
Carol Ann Swiderski (daughter)

More information

Pfc Zygmunt J. Swiderski was a cook before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 2 April 1942.


Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ibiblio.org, www.ancestry.com - Robinson Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Roseanne Narburas