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Personal info

Full name
WANDACHOWICZ, Joseph Leon
Date of birth
22 February 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36739939
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 14 20

Immediate family

Members
Leo Wandachowicz (father)
Frances Wandachowicz (mother)
Stephen Wandachowicz (brother)
John Wandachowicz (brother)
Edward Wandachowicz (brother)
Alex Wandachowicz (brother)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Cook County Illinois Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507_honor_uz.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet