November 20, 1921 (Connecticut) – December 14, 1941; 20 years old; unmarried
Last local address 392 Arctic Street, Bridgeport (1940 census)
Enlisted September 12, 1940
Service number 11019658
31ST BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON
Received the Purple Heart Medal. In the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
Officially listed as “Died of Wounds”, specifically wounds to the head from bomb fragments at Hickam Field, Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor and died on December 14, 1941. No other details found.
Private Wegrzyn is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii; Section Q, Plot 93.
