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Personal info

Full name
TOMASIEWICZ, Chester Edwin
Date of birth
14 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16101163
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kassel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 15 1

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Tomasiewics (father)
Helen (Pierzhala) Tomasiewicz (mother)

More information

Pfc Chester E. Tomasiewicz attended high school for one year and was a welder.
He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 25 August 1942.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Gina Tomasiewicz (niece) - courtesy of Lynne Sidaway