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Personal info

Full name
MITCHKUICZ, Stanley V
Date of birth
19 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13007302
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 29 52

Immediate family

Members
Josephine Mitchkuicz (mother)
Genevieve Mitchkuicz (sister)
Victoria Mitchkuicz (sister)
Frank Mitchkuicz (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Stanley V. Mitchkuicz joined the Regular Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 2 October 1940, and trained in North Carolina until he was sent overseas to take part in the African campaign in November 1942.

He was wounded in Africa in March 1943, and was brought to a hospital in Columbus, Ohio. After recovering from wounds, he reported for duty and was later shipped to England in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 census / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, http://75thdivisiondad.com, www.newspapers.com - The Wilkes-Barre Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader