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Personal info

Full name
TOMCZYK, Matthew A
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32239877
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
8th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 11 26

Immediate family

Members
Michal Tomczyk (father)
Marya (Lulek) Tomczyk (mother)
John Tomczyk (brother)
Chester Tomczyk (brother)
Stanley Tomczyk (brother)
Joseph Tomczyk (brother)
Frank Tomczyk (brother)

More information

Pfc Matthew A. Tomczyk enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 20 February 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Tomczyk Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - nepper, Name-Enough Memory