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Personal info

Full name
ZUPKO, Eugene Michael
Date of birth
18 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
15109042
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Near Densborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 5 30

Immediate family

Members
John G. Zupko (father)
Emma M. (Pesterak) Zupko (mother)
Robert J. Zupko (brother)

More information

T/5 Eugene M. Zupko graduated from Perth Amboy High School in 1940 where he was in the German Club, the Chemistry Club and was in the Honor Society. He attended college for three years before he joined the Regular Army in South Bend, Indiana on 24 August 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Laslo Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Steven Sawyers, Perth Amboy High School yearbook, 1940