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Personal info

Full name
LYSKAWA, Sylvester A
Date of birth
31 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16091873
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
347th Engineer General Service Regiment
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 July 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Feucht, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 19 25

Immediate family

Members
Maksymiljan (Max) Lyskawa (father)
Stanislawa (Stella) Lyskawa (mother)
Max Lyskawa (brother)
Stanley Lyskawa (brother)
Chester Lyskawa (brother)
Gertrude Lyskawa (sister)
Donald Lyskawa (brother)
Richard Lyskawa (brother)
Eugene Lyskawa (brother)

More information

Pfc Sylvester A. Lyskawa attended a Vocational School for one year.

He was employed by the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 26 May 1942.

The bottom picture shows his sister Gertrude when she visited her brother's grave on 1 July 1961.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Possemato

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