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Personal info

Full name
MATYBEL, Zigmund Edward
Date of birth
18 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Throop, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33462806
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Near Le Val-De-Guéblange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 44

Immediate family

Members
Frances Matybel (mother)

More information

Pvt Zigmund E. Matybel enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 9 February 1943.

He died of his wounds on the same day he was reported as wounded in action.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The Tribune Pennsylvania 22 December 1944, After Action Report 26th Infantry
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy