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Personal info

Full name
DRZEWUCKI, Benedict Norman
Date of birth
16 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32841693
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zerf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 89

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Skarupinski (stepfather)
Susanna Drzewucki (mother)
Sylvia Skarupinski (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Benedict N. Drzewucki was employed by the Chrevolet Motors Ayle Corporation before he enlisted on 30 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments causing multiple wounds at the side of his body and arm.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Richard Lavin Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten