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Personal info

Full name
GORZELANCZYK, Stanley Anthony
Date of birth
28 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35314068
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
902nd Ordnance Automotive Maintenance Company
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 3 15

Immediate family

Members
Konstanty Gorzelanczyk (father)
Helena (Swiatkowska) Gorzelanczyk (mother)
Chester K. Gorzelanczyk (brother)
Walter Gorzelanczyk (brother)
Eugene S. Gorzelanczyk (brother)
John P. Gorzelanczyk (brother)
Ben A. Gorzelanczyk (brother)
Eleanor T. Gorzelanczyk (sister)
Jenny Gorzelanczyk (sister)

More information

T/4 Stanley A. Gorzelanczyk was a metal grinder employed by the National Serin Manufacturing Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 14 July 1942.

He was killed by a land mine.

His brother, Pvt Chester Gorzelanczyk, is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Muers Leszcz Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Dominique Potier