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Personal info

Full name
KOZAK, Albert Paul
Date of birth
16 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31469819
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Near Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 52

Immediate family

Members
John Kozak (father)
Sophia Kozak (mother)
Hary Shidloski (stepfather)
Ida Kozak (sister)
Irene (Matulatis) Kozak (wife)
Albert Kozak (son)
Barbara A. Kozak (daughter)
Rita Kozak (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Albert P. Kozak attended high school for one year and was a mechanic before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 10 June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten