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Personal info

Full name
GORCZYNSKI, Chester J
Date of birth
10 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northmoreland, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33886445
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bliesbruck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 19 16

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Gorczynski (father)
Agnes Gorczynski (mother)
Hamnor Gorczynski (sister)

More information

Pvt Chester J. Gorczynski attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 28 April 1944.

He died in a hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments in his chest and lungs.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy