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Personal info

Full name
GORCZYCA, Stanley Joseph
Date of birth
15 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32212426
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 28

Immediate family

Members
Peter G. Gorczyca (father)
Magdalene (Peret) Gorczyca (mother)
Joseph F. Gorczyca (brother)
John E. Gorczyca (brother)
Bertha Gorczyca (sister)
Walter S. Gorczyca (brother)
George S. Gorczyca (brother)
Rita E. Gorczyca (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Stanley J. Gorczyca attended high school for one year and was employed at the Gould Coupler Company before he enlisted at Fort Niagara, New York on 3 February 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his back.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / Sobieski Mazurek Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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