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Personal info

Full name
CZAPLA, Eugene Harold
Date of birth
28 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Genoa, Nance County, Nebraska
Hometown
Anaheim, Orange County, California

Military service

Service number
39286324
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
Freudenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 19

Immediate family

Members
Henry Czapla (father)
Praxeda S. (Chlopek) Czapla (mother)
Eleanor p. Czapla (sister)
Leo A. Czapla (brother)
John F. Czapla (brother)
Paul Czapla (brother)
Alice M. Czapla (sister)
Edwin H. Czapla (brother)
Theodore W. Czapla (brother)
Elmer F. Czapla (brother)
Philip R. Czapla (brother)
Dorothy E. Czapla (sister)
Richard J. Czapla (brother)
Florence H. Czapla (sister)
Marjorie N. Czapla (sister)

More information

Pvt Eugene H. Czapla graduated from Anaheim High School before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 1 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com - Don

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Santa Ana Register, September 1945