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Personal info

Full name
DEROCHOWSKI, Zigmund Frank
Date of birth
26 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Ontonagon, Ontonagon County, Michigan
Hometown
Ontonagon, Ontonagon County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36225516
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 April 1945
Place of death
Near Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 32 25

Immediate family

Members
Walter Derochowski (father)
Anna (Biel) Derochowski (mother)
Joseph A. Derochowski (brother)
James W. Derochowski (brother)
Helen Derochowski (sister)

More information

Pvt Zigmund F. Derochowski graduated from Ontonagon High School where he was an athlete.

He enlisted in Escanaba, Michigan on 6 March 1941.

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 / Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Escanaba Daily Press / Ironwood Daily Globe
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