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Personal info

Full name
SZYMANSKI, Felix Anthony
Date of birth
6 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35058340
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 45

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Szymanski (father)
Josefa Szymanski (mother)
Helen Szymanski (sister)

More information

Felix Szymanski graduated from East Technical High School and was employed at Aluminum Company of America.

He enlisted on 8 April 1943 at Cleveland, Ohio.

Pfc Szymanski is remembered at Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Sheree Dowdle, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Bozena Prymus/Phyllis Zebrowski Family Tree