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Personal info

Full name
ZESHONSKI, Stanley
Date of birth
6 January 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Jermyn, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32467700
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Wissembourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 34 21

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Zeshonski (father)
Sophia (Pienczykowski) Zeshonski (mother)
Leon Zeshonski (brother)
Julian Zeshonski (brother)
Joseph P. Zeshonski (brother)
Anna Zeshonski (sister)
John F. Zeshonski (brother)
Alex T. Zeshonski (brother)
Chester Zeshonski (brother)
Frank M. Zeshonski (brother)
Mary Zeshonski (sister)
Henry J. Zeshonski (brother)
Margaret W. (Schirmer) Zeshonski (wife)

More information

Pfc Stanley Zeshonski was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 7 September 1942. he was sent overseas on 3 Febbruary 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach and back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Fensky Young Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Union48, www.newspapers.com – The Jersey Journal - 19 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura S