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Personal info

Full name
PLACZKIEWICZ, Henry Leonard
Date of birth
22 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32834058
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Cavalry Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of La Roche, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 9 39

Immediate family

Members
Walter Placzkiewicz (father)
Helen Placzkiewicz (mother)
Lottie Placzkiewicz (sister)
Louise Placzkiewicz (sister)
Eugenie Placzkiewicz (sister)
Otton Placzkiewicz (brother)
Arthur Placzkiewicz (brother)
Edwin Placzkiewicz (brother)

More information

T/5 Henry L. Placzkiewicz worked in a rubber factory before he enlisted he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 17 February 1943.

Both his parents were born in Poland.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 4th Cavalry Group

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet