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Personal info

Full name
GRABOWSKI, Leonard Emil "Babe"
Date of birth
7 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35012599
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 16 3

Immediate family

Members
Albert Grabowksi (father)
Anna Grabowksi (mother)
Loretta Grabowksi (sister)
Eleanor Grabowksi (sister)
Alfred Grabowksi (brother)
Dora (Gallucci) Grabowski (wife)
Leonard Grabowski (son)

More information

Sgt Leonard A. Grabowski graduated from Lincoln High School and was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 12 March 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Plain Dealer - 13 March 1945