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Personal info

Full name
MAZIARKA, Edward Stanley
Date of birth
17 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Marathon County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36226972
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
550th Airborne Infantry Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 28

Immediate family

Members
Jozeph Maziarka (father)
Stefania (Golec) Maziarka (mother)
Bernice Maziarka (sister)
Rose Maziarka (sister)
Stella Maziarka (sister)
Anna Maziarka (sister)
Loretta Maziarka (sister)
Leonard Maziarka (brother)
John Maziarka (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward S. Maziarka enlisted in the Regular Army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 27 October 1941.

He attended 1 year of high school and worked as a woodworker before he enlisted.

He died in Belgium as a prisoner of war. He was taken prisoner on 4 January 1945 when the 550th was in combat in the vicinity of Renuamont, Belgium.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet