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Personal info

Full name
MALIONEK, Chester Frank
Date of birth
12 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31305971
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Gey, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 11 34

Immediate family

Members
Paul T. Malionek (father)
Tekla (Szczepaniak) Malionek (mother)
Andrew Malionek (brother)
Vincent Malionek (brother)
Stanley Malionek (brother)
Clara Malionek (sister)
John Malionek (brother)
Frank Malionek (brother)
Theresa Malionek (sister)
Joseph Malionek (brother)
Adolph Malionek (brother)
Louis Malionek (brother)
Henry Malionek (brother)
Mary Malionek (sister)
Richard Malionek (brother)

More information

Pfc Chester F. Malionek attended high school for four years and was a tinsmith.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 24 March 1943. He joined his unit from the 48th Replacement Battalion on 7 July 1944.

On 29 July 1944 he was wounded in action for which he was awarded the Purple Heart a first time.

Pfc Malionek was killed by sniper fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Mark Malionek, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org – After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mark Malionek