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Personal info

Full name
TURCZYNSKI, Joe
Date of birth
13 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36563411
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Gaildorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 31 39

Immediate family

Members
Franciszek Turczynski (father)
Marjanna (Maciulewicz) Turczynski (mother)
William Turczynski (brother)
Frank W. Turczynski (brother)
Stanley Turczynski (brother)
Mary Turczynski (sister)
Wanda Turczynski (sister)
Virginia Turczynski (sister)
Eleanore Turczynski (sister)

More information

Pvt Joe Turczynski was employed at the Bonier Roller Bearing Company before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com