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ZIRN, Richard H - Date of
birth
27 March 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Ohio -
Hometown
Sandusky County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35289235 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
31 January 1945 - Place of
death
Drzewica, Poland
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Harold Zirn (father)
Mary (Jankoviak) Zirn (mother)
Norma J. Zirn (sister)
Victoria Zirn (wife)
More information
T/5 Richard H. Zirn enlisted on 23 March 1942 at Camp Perry, Ohio.Information reveals that the German guards forced the American and Russian Prisoners of War to leave Stalag III-C near the village of Drzewica, Poland on 31 January 1945. They had marched only a short distance when they were caught between Russian and German cross fire and were killed by gunfire from Russian tanks.
He was officially declared dead one day and one year after the assumed date of his death.
T/5 Zirn is remembered at the Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.wwiimeorial.com, www.archives.gov, IDPF- Aloysious Mc Lean
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Peter Hendrikx, www.ancestry.com - Freemont-Ross High School yearbook 1935, The News Messenger 8 February 1946