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Personal info

Full name
SLASKI, Eugene Peter
Date of birth
27 December 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Passiac, New Jersey
Hometown
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33928268
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 1 27

Immediate family

Members
Paul S. Slaski (father)
Mary (Lorenz) Slaski (mother)
Peter J. Slaski (brother)
Gottlieb T. Slaski (brother)
Mary E. Slaski (sister)
Joseph E. Slaski (brother)
Elizabeth V. Slaski (wife)
Eugene Slaski (son)

More information

Pfc Eugene P. Slaski was employed by Bethelem Steel.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 27 March 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 27 February 1944 and died of his wounds a month later.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Bethlehem Globe 21 March 1945 - courtesy of John Sise