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Personal info

Full name
PODLASINSKI, Elmer Roman
Date of birth
16 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36217234
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart,
Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm,
French Croix de Guerre

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Monschau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 17

Immediate family

Members
Steve Podlasinski (father)
Anna (Wojtyszak) Podlasinski (mother)
Dolores Podlasinski (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Elmer R. Podlasinski worked in an automobile factory beofre he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 31 July 1941.

T/Sgt Elmer R. Podlasinski was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Kaczkowski Family Tree, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet