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Personal info

Full name
ZAWACKI, Joseph John
Date of birth
10 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Oglesby, LaSalle County, Illinois
Hometown
Oglesby, LaSalle County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36905135
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ostheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 8 56

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Zawacki (father)
Mary Zawacki (mother)
Mary Zawacki (sister)
Virginia Zawacki (sister)
Loretta Zawacki (sister)
Andrew Zawacki (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph J. Zawacki attended high school for two years and was employed by the Oglesby Amusement Company before he enlisted on 1 July 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire in his neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy