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Personal info

Full name
ZAUNEROWICZ, Mike Peter
Date of birth
20 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
South River, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
South River, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32301549
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 37 33

Immediate family

Members
Mike Zaunerowicz (father)
Eleanor J. (Sobus) Zaunerowicz (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Mike P. Zaunerowicz was employed at the National Lead Company before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 11 May 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Frogman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy