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Personal info

Full name
WINZEK, Walter Joseph
Date of birth
1 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Everson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33919742
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Longchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 6 27

Immediate family

Members
Herman Winzek (father)
Stella A. (Marciniak) Winzek (mother)
Dorothy Winzek (sister)
Joseph H. Winzek (brother)
Minnie Winzek (sister)
Martha Winzek (sister)
Leonard J. Winzek (brother)
Victor Winzek (brother)
Mary Winzek (sister)

More information

Pvt Walter J. Winzek enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 19 January 1944.
He was a stock clerk before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, ww.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Keen Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, The Daily Courrier 17 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery