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Personal info

Full name
ZDUNEK, Leo
Date of birth
26 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36514828
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Moircy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 10 20

Immediate family

Members
Antoinette Zdunek (mother)
Bernice Zdunek (sister)
Antony Zdunek (brother)
Francis Zdunek (sister)

More information

Sgt Leo Zdunek was employed at the Chrysler Corp Dodge Truck before he enlisted.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Detroit News - 20 February 1945