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Personal info

Full name
SIKORSKI, Leonard Anthony
Date of birth
14 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36228731
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 16 2

Immediate family

Members
Chester Sikorski (father)
Agnes Sikorski (mother)
Jane Sikorski (sister)
Bernice Sikorski (sister)
Jerome Sikorski (brother)
Donald Sikorski (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Leonard A. Sikorski was a metal worker before he enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 19 November 1941.

S/Sgt Leonard A. Sikorski was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as a Battalion

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 / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet