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Personal info

Full name
ZATORSKI, Theodore
Date of birth
18 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Putman, Windham County, Connecticut
Hometown
Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31465987
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 63

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Zatorski (father)
Mary Zatorski (mother)
Frank Zatorski (brother)
Stanley Zatorski (brother)
Genevieve Zatorski (sister)
Lena (Zemeri) Zatorski (wife)
Theodore Zatorski Jr. (son)
David Zatorski (son)

More information

Pfc Theodore Zatorski was employed at the Arnold Print Works-Jones Division before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 29 April 1944. He was sent overseas on 21 November 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWIII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com - Jaap Vermeer / David Pearson
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Jaap Vermeer