Served as Rank Service Born Unit Regiment Date of death Today buried Grave | PROKOPCZUK Michał PSZENICZNY Michał st.strz. 37799 22.11.1918 Horyhlady p. Tłumacz 1.Pol.Dyw.Panc. 9.B.S. 3.11.1944 Markkanaal Oosterhout, the Netherlands Breda, the Netherlands, General Cemetery Vogelenzanglaan 3.15. Killed in action during crossing of the Markkanaal near Oosterhout, the Netherlands. In 1940 Prokupczuk M. served in the Russian Army. In the surroundings of Odessa he was taken prisoner-of-war by the Germans and afterwards he was forced to make a choice between serving in the German army or die from starvation. In August 1944, when he was in France as a German soldier, he succeeded in deserting and afterwards he served in the 1st Polish Armoured Division. [Course of events] [About this cemetery] HOME ABBREVIATIONS ALPHABET |