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Personal info

Full name
TOCZEK, Henry George
Date of birth
30 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32376529
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Between Gressenich and Schevenhütte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 36 52

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Toczek (father)
Agnes Toczek (mother)
Elma Toczek (sister)
Stanley Toczek (brother)
Victoria Toczek (sister)
Nellie Toczek (sister)
Clara Toczek (sister)
Martha Toczek (sister)

More information

Pfc Henry G. Toczek enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 26 June 1942.

His parents were born in Austria.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet