Killed in Action
Pfc. Joseph R. . Paczkowski, 25, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ignatius Paczkowski, who was cited as being one of the original
American paratroop outfits to cross the border Into Nazi Germany, was
killed in action in Belgium Dec. 26, official war department
notification disclosed.
[The Journal Times, Racine, WI, 23 Jan 1945, Tue, Page 5] |
[courtesy of Kenosha County Genealogy Society] |
Grave marker for Pfc Joseph R. Paczkowski
in Saint James Cemetery, Kenosha (Kenosha county), Wisconsin.
Pfc Paczkowski
was killed in action in Belgium on 27 January 1945 and was awarded the Purple Heart |