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Personal info

Full name
KISZKOWSKI, Edward J
Date of birth
24 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32593535
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Near Reichshoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 12 7

Immediate family

Members
Walter Kiszkowski (father)
Mary Kiszkowski (mother)
Walter Kiszkowski (brother)
Joseph Kiszkowski (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward J. Kiszkowski attended Passaic and St. Mary's High School. He was employed by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 23 November 1942. He was overseas since October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Hochfelden, France.

He is also remembered at the St Mary's Cemetery in Saddle Brook, New Jersey.

At the time of his death his brother Walter served with the Air Corps in the Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, the Herald-News 6 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Herald-News - 28 December 1944