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Personal info

Full name
FRYCZYNSKI, Eugene
Date of birth
30 December 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Poland
Hometown
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42017406
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Courcelles-sur-Nied, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 39

Immediate family

Members
Wladyslaw Fryczynski (father)
Michalina (Frejlich) Fryczynski (mother)
Stanley Fryczynski (brother)
William Fryczynski (brother)
Lucille Fryczynski (sister)
Mary Fryczynski (sister)
Irene (Zielinski) Fryczynski (wife)
Lusia Fryczynski (daughter)

More information

Pvt. Eugene Fryczynski was naturalised in Macon, Georgia, on 14 April 1944.

Pvt. Fryczynski's mother and other siblings remained in Poland during the war, and their fate was unknown at the time of his death.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Georgia Naturalization Records / U.S. Social Security Death Index / Social Security Applications and Claims, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, The Jersey Journal - 17 January 1945, 20 May 1960

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Jersey Journal - 17 January 1945