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Personal info

Full name
ZIMINSKI, Matthew Leo
Date of birth
8 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42094092
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
North of Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 13 28

Immediate family

Members
Leon Ziminski (father)
Pelagia (Dorobiala) Ziminski (mother)
Frank J. Ziminski (brother)
Genevieve Ziminski (sister)
Walter F. Ziminski (brother)

More information

Pvt Matthew L. Ziminski attended high school for one year before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 29 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck and shoulder.

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 / Wobbel Konczal Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman
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