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Personal info

Full name
ZAUCHA, Edward Joseph
Date of birth
5 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana
Hometown
Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35243662
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
Near Oudler, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 44 14

Immediate family

Members
Martin Zaucha (father)
Eugenia (Mankowski) Zaucha (mother)
Francis G. Zaucha (brother)
Lilian A. Zaucha (sister)
Josephine Zaucha (sister)
Bernard J. Zaucha (brother)
Pearl R. Zaucha (wife)

More information

Pvt Edward J. Zaucha was an attendant at a filling station and parking lot before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 2 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Jessica Kessler Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
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