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Personal info

Full name
WORONECKI, Anthony Joseph
Date of birth
15 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31454646
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
West bank of the Rur River in Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 18 10

Immediate family

Members
Stanislaw Woronecki (father)
Victoria K. (Bezanski) Woronecki (mother)
Peter P. Woronecki (brother)
Steven C. Woronecki (brother)
Stasia Woronecki (sister)
Gladys Woronecki (sister)
Rose Woronecki (sister)
Celia Woronecki (sister)
Antoinette Woronecki (wife)
Anthony Woronecki Jr. (son)
Richard Woronecki (son)

More information

Pfc Anthony J. Woronecki enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 9 March 1944. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 20 November 1944 and was promoted to Private First Class on 10 January 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Douglas Robar and Margaret Ortel