Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
PODGORNY, Rudolph Victor
Date of birth
11 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42146865
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ormersviller-Vollmunster, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 13 37

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Podgorny (father)
Mary (Burkiewicz) Podgorny (mother)
Joseph Podgorny (brother)
Elizabeth B. (Boyer) Podgorny (wife)
Rudolph V. Podgorny (son)

More information

Pfc Rudolph V. Podgorny was a case maker, employed by the General Drop Foundry before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 28 July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments at his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Thomas Welsch