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Personal info

Full name
LANDOSKI, Nick G
Date of birth
31 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36271630
Rank
Corporal
Function
Gunner
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Saint-Vith, Belgium
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 5 12

Immediate family

Members
Frank Landoski (father)
Frances B. (Mayek) Landoski (mother)
Adaline Landoski (sister)
Gertrude G. Landoski (sister)
Charles C. Landoski (brother)
Helen Landoski (sister)
Cecelia L. Landoski (sister)

More information

Cpl Nick G. Wisconsin enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 3 October 1942. He received his training at Fort Riley, Kansas and Camp Polk, Louisiana. He was sent overseas in August 1944 and arrived in France a month later.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

His sister Helen served as a nurse with the rank of a lieutenant in an army hospital in New Caledonia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Biesik Family Tree / 1930 Census, The Marshfield New Herald 26 January 1945, 5 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet