1st Polish
Armoured Division




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. 

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