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Personal info

Full name
WOLICKI, Edward Joseph
Date of birth
13 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42024860
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Messenger
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 April 1945
Place of death
South of Bielefeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 20 22

Immediate family

Members
Karol Wolicki (father)
Katherine Wolicki (mother)
Eligius A. Wolicki (brother)
Laura Wolicki (sister)

More information

Pfc Edward J. Wolicki worked in a slaughter house before he enlisted on 15 September 1943 in Buffalo, New York. He was promoted to Private First Class on 1 October 1944.

He was killed by a landmine.

The picture was taken in 1933 as it is his brother's First Communion.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Stasia Rhoads