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Personal info

Full name
OGUREK, Peter Patrick
Date of birth
22 February 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36340365
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
191st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 26 54

Immediate family

Members
Adolph Ogurek (father)
Wichatina Ogurek (mother)
Victoria Ogurek (sister)
Adolph Ogurek (brother)
Phyllis Ogurek (sister)

More information

Cpl Peter P. Ogurek was a stock clerk, employed by the Jensen Radio Co. before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 20 May 1942.

He was killed in action by shell fragments.

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 / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura S