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Personal info

Full name
KOZAK, Thomas Walter
Date of birth
8 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Flushing, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
42054332
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 26 14

Immediate family

Members
Alec Kozak (father)
Bertha Kozak (mother)
Irene Kozak (sister)
Mitchell Kozak (brother)

More information

Pvt Thomas W. Kozak enlisted in New York City, New York on 16 November 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a cook before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Block W, Row 1, Grave 11.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, https://familysearch.org - 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels