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Personal info

Full name
ZIMKA, Wallace
Date of birth
25 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33138651
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Hanau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 10 51

Immediate family

Members
Annie Zimka (mother)

More information

T/Sgt Wallace Zimka was a stock clerk before he enlisted in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 6 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Baltimore Sun 26 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S