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Personal info

Full name
ZMUDZIEN, Edward John
Date of birth
15 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31031078
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 31

Immediate family

Members
Anthony H. Zmudzien (father)
Catherine Zmudzien (mother)
Richard Zmudzien (brother)
George Zmudzien (brother)
Martha Zmudzien (sister)
Irene Zmudzien (sister)

More information

Cpl Edward J. Zmudzien was a boilermaker at the Robinson Boiler Works before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 18 March 1941.

He died in a field hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments in his arm and liver.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Boston Globe Massachusetts 8 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Boston Globe Massachusetts 8 February 1945