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Personal info

Full name
ZUPANCIC, Albin D
Date of birth
1 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Rockdale, Will County, Illinois
Hometown
Rockdale, Will County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36909805
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neuf-Brisach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 27

Immediate family

Members
Frank Zupancic (father)
Theresia Zupancic (mother)
Theresia Zupancic (sister)
Joe Zupancic (brother)
Loretta Zupancic (sister)
Frank Zupancic (brother)

More information

Pvt Albin D. Zupancic attended high school for three years and was a machine tender employed by the Midwest Wallpaper Company before he enlisted on 16 October 1940.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax and leg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy