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Personal info

Full name
CIARKOWSKI, Frank A
Date of birth
31 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36486573
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
Bruckhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 38

Immediate family

Members
Frank Ciarkowski (father)
Anna B. (Zarenski) Ciarkowski (mother)
Delores Ciarkowski (sister)

More information

Pvt Ciarkowski was killed by a shell fragment in the neck.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 19 March 1945. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 29 July 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Gruber Family Tree / 1930 Census, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Madajewski Family Tree, Pershing High School 1944 Parade Yearbook