Adam E. Piekarski
Adam E. Piekarski
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Serial: 32482381
Unit: Company L, 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died: November 1944, Luxembourg
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Gloucester Township, NJ
Awards: Purple Heart
Biography
Private Adam E. Piekarski was born on November 28, 1915 in Camden, NJ to Paul and Alexandra Piekarski. As a youth, he attended St. Joseph Parochial School and the Bonsall Grammar School. The Piekarski family lived at 1086 Thurman Street in Camden.
After entering the Army on December 5, 1942, he served with the 102nd Infantry Regiment, at Camp Maxey and Camp Swift TX. He was sent overseas in 1943, and went to fight in the European Theatre of Operations. He was subsequently assigned to the 121st Infantry Regiment. He was killed in action in Luxembourg in November 1944, two days short of his 30th birthday.
Private Piekarski was survived by his mother, of 1086 Thurman Street in Camden, two brothers, Stanley and Joseph, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Fischbach.
Adam Piekarski was brought home in 1950. He was buried on April 4, 1950 at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in the Chews Landing section of Gloucester Township NJ.
Adam E. Piekarski
Camden Courier-Post —
Private services were held today for Pfc. Adam E. Piekarski, who was killed in Luxembourg, Nov. 23, 1944, while serving with Company L, 121st Infantry. Burial was in the soldier’s memorial section of St. Joseph’s cemetery, Chews Landing. He had lived at 1086 Thurman street and at the time of his death he was 29. He entered the army in December, 1942, and went overseas in 1943. Surviving are his mother, Alexandra; two brothers, Stanley and Joseph, both of Camden, and a sister, Mrs. Fichbach, of Camden.
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