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Personal info

Full name
SAVINSKI, George Edward
Date of birth
26 November, 1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wakefield, Gogebic County, Michigan
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36356441
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
Platoon Sergeant
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Werth, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 12 16

Immediate family

Members
John M. Savinski (father)
Cecelia (Martincoski) Savinski (mother)
Walter Savinski (brother)
Clara Savinski (sister)
John Savinski (brother)
Florence Savinski (sister)
Angie Savinski (sister)
Joseph Savinski (brother)
Verna Savinski (sister)
Frances Savinski (sister)
Leon Savinski (brother)

More information

1st Sgt George E. Savinski attended high school for two years and was a typesetter

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 1 July 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft cards Young Men / Dawn Marie Lynch / 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet