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Personal info

Full name
KONIECZKA, Michael Charles
Date of birth
3 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33773051
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 16 33

Immediate family

Members
John Konieczka (father)
Anna J. Konieczka (mother)
Frank Konieczka (brother)
John Konieczka (brother)
Edward Konieczka (brother)
Pauline L. (Nanartowicz) Konieczka (wife)
Caroline L. Konieczka (daughter)
Patricia Konieczka (daughter)

More information

Pvt Michael C. Konieczka was taken prisoner of war and died in Germany in a POW camp.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / The Dzimiela Dziedzic Family Tree / 1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
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