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Personal info

Full name
KOCMALSKI, John
Date of birth
1 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32208158
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
135th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 75

Immediate family

Members
John Kocmalski (father)
Catherine (Kopke) Kocmalski (mother)
Joseph Kocmalski (brother)
Peter Kocmalski (brother)
Anna Kocmalski (siaster)
Catherine Kocmalski (sister)

More information

Pfc John Kocmalski attended high school for two years and was employed with the Works Progress Administration government program before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 6 February 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire to his chest.

Source of information: Peter Shouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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