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Personal info

Full name
MYSLENSKI, Ernest Clarence
Date of birth
8 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35058970
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Honnef, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 11 48

Immediate family

Members
Frank Myslenski (father)
Julia Myslenski (mother)
Ralph Myslenski (brother)
Alvin Myslenski (brother)
Marie Myslenski (sister)
Eugene Myslenski (brother)
Marcel Myslenski (brother)
Richard Myslenski (brother)
Caroline Myslenski (sister)
Harriet Myslenski (sister)
Francis Myslenski (brother)

More information

Sgt Ernest C. Myslenski graduated from East High School in 1940.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 13 April 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave,com – James L. Cooper, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Cleveland Public Library - East High School Yearbook 1940, The Plain Dealer - 5 April 1945