Missing information?

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

Submit

Personal info

Full name
PURCZYNSKI, Joseph John
Date of birth
11 December 1905
Age
38
Place of birth
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Hometown
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36195651
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Rémilly, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 51

Immediate family

Members
Peter W. Purczynski (father)
Agnes R. (Wysocki) Purczynski (mother)
Andrew Purczynski (brother)
Stella A. Purczynski (sister)
Harriet D. Purczynski (sister)
Frances Purczynski (sister)
Bronislawa Purczynski (sister)
Stanley W. Purczynski (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph J. Purczynski enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 25 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Samantha Rettig Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: -