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Personal info

Full name
KARWACKI, Leon Robert
Date of birth
29 November 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36296184
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mausbach, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Carl Karwacki (father)
Mary (Winiarski) Karwacki (mother)
Helen T. Karwacki (sister)
Loretta Karwacki (sister)
Clara Karwacki (sister)
Carl Karwacki (brother)
Marion Karwacki (brother)
Steve Karwacki (brother)
Cecelia (Gulczynski) Karwacki (wife)

More information

Pfc Leon R. Karwacki worked in a machine shop before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 9 January 1943.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Pfc Karwacki was accounted for on 26 September 2024. Additional information will follow (information added October 2024).

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / WWII Draft Card, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 36th Armored Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura Phillips