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Personal info

Full name
GORZELANCZYK, Chester Kasimer
Date of birth
12 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35838843
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Redlach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 101

Immediate family

Members
Constantin Gorzelanczyk (father)
Helen (Satkowska) Gorzelanczyk (mother)
Walter F.Gorzelanczyk (brother)
Ben A. Gorzelanczyk (brother)
Stanley A. Gorzelanczyk (brother)
Eugene Gorzelanczyk (brother)
Johny Gorzelanczyk (brother)
Eleanor Gorzelanczyk (sister)
Jean Gorzelanczyk (sister)
Florence (Pentkowski) Gorzelanczyk (wife)
Chester Gorzelanczyk (son)

More information

Pvt Chester K. Gorzelanczyk was a metal worker, employed by Champions Forge before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 12 May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

His brother, T/4 Stanley Gorzalanczyk, is buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - j