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Personal info

Full name
CHMIEL, Theodore Walter "Teddy"
Date of birth
28 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32554565
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bitschoffen or Mietesheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 28 21

Immediate family

Members
Peter Chmiel (father)
Margaret (Twardy) Chmiel (mother)
John Chmiel (brother)
Stanley J. Chmiel (brother)
Walter J. Chmiel (brother)
Joseph J. Chmiel (brother)
Benjamin S. Chmiel (brother)
Edward J. Chmiel (brother)

More information

Cpl Theodore W. Chmiel was employed with the Pennsylvania Railroad.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 12 September 1942.

He was killed by machine-gun fire.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiiemeorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1930/1940 Census / https://36thid.frb.io / 143rd-October-to-end.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary McIntyre, Ron