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Personal info

Full name
JACHWAK, Alexander
Date of birth
10 March 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
6913157
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 19 20

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Jachwak (father)
Julia (Adamowski) Jachwak (mother)
Mike Jachwak (brother)
Charles Jachwak (brother)
Henry Jachwak (brother)
Treva P. (Wenrich) Jachwak (wife)

More information

Pfc Alexander Jachwak attended a Post-graduate before he joined the Regular Army on 6 September 1939.

He died in an aid station from wounds caused by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dana Malone Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
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