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Personal info

Full name
DLUGOSZ, Edward W
Date of birth
3 December 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42027175
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 6 4

Immediate family

Members
Wojciech George Dlugosz (father)
Pauline Apolonia (Zabawa) Dlugosz (mother)
Leo G. Dlugosz (brother)
John Dlugosz (brother)
Mary Dlugosz (sister)
Frank Dlugosz (brother)
Julian Dlugosz (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward W. Dlugosz graduated from South Park High School and was employed by the Iroquois Gas Corporation. He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 17 November 1943.

He is buried next to his brother Leo Dlugosz. His brother Frank was wounded on 7 November 1943 in Italy and returned to the United States. His brother Julian served with an Army Air Force maintenance unit in England.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, New York, State Census, 1925

Photo source: www.findagrave.com