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Personal info

Full name
PIEKARZ, Zigmund Baker
Date of birth
4 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32564667
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 11 27

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Piekarz (father)
Mary Piekarz (mother)
Walter Piekarz (brother)
Kazmira Piekarz (sister)
Laura Piekarz (sister)
Catherine J. Piekarz (wife)

More information

Zigmund B. Piekarz attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel School. He was a former president of the Bayonne Republican Club, and was employed by the Diehl Manufacturing Co. in Elizabeth prior to joining the Army.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, The Bayonne Times 22 December 1944

Photo source: Peter Schouteten