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Personal info

Full name
ZEMBIK, Walter
Date of birth
1 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35913289
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
Near Clerval, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 42

Immediate family

Members
John Zembik (father)
Tillie Zembik (mother)
Anna Zembik (sister)
Olga Zembik (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter Zembik graduated from Lincoln High School in 1937. He was employed at the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA).

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 5 August 1943.

He was wounded in action at Anzio in May 1944. For this wound he was awarded the Purple Heart a first time. After recovering, he rejoined his unit.

Pfc Zembik was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Burtnett Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy