Grouping, Pvt. Venceslaus Borucki, Co. B, 307th Airborne Eng. Bn., 82nd Airborne Division, D-Day, WIA & POW

Rare genuine WWII US Army grouping, which belonged to some Private Venceslaus W. Borucki, Company B, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division and includes the following elements:

- pair of dog tags issued to V.W. Borucki, ASN 31241524, vaccinated in 1943 and 1944, blood type O, Catholic, retaining its pair of bead chains;

- Purple Heart Medal coming in its original case along with ribbon bar and lapel badge;

- 82nd Airborne Division shoulder sleeve insignia.

Very nice homogeneous set, in good overall condition.

Venceslaus Walter Borucki was born on February 15, 1922 in Chruszczewka, Poland and joined the US Army on December 28, 1942. He was awarded his 'jump wings' and went on to serve with Co. B, 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, parachuting into Normandy on June 6, 1944; wounded by a bullet in the thorax on D-Day, he was captured by the Germans and subsenquently treated in Cherbourg, prior to being liberated by the 9th Infantry Division three weeks later. Following hospitalization in Britain, he soon returned to his unit, was discharged on May 2, 1945 as a Private, and passed away on January 13, 2013.

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=31241524&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=2424582

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/719813/v.-walter-borucki

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/103644370/venceslaus-walter-borucki

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