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Personal info

Full name
SUSYNSKI, Lawrence "Leopold"
Date of birth
3 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Skulsk, Poland
Hometown
Contoocook, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31267188
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grand Bois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 11 18

Immediate family

Members
Felix Susynski (father)
Helena (Pryzybylska) Susynski (mother)
Joe Susynski (brother)

More information

Together with his parents, Lawrence Susynski emigrated to America in 1927. He graduated from Hopkinton High School in 1942 and attended one semester at the University of New Hampshire before he enlisted on 22 February 1943.

His brother remembered that it was Lawrence's goal to return to Poland after the war to rebuild his native country.

Source of information: Aimee Fogg, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://75thdivisiondad.com,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Kenneth Susynski