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Personal info

Full name
MAKSIAK, Edward S "Eddie"
Date of birth
9 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
12043892
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hameln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 11 21

Immediate family

Members
Stanislaw Maksiak (father)
Louis Cowell (stepfather)
Mary (Bukola) Maksiak (mother)
Anthony Maksiak (brother)
Jennie Maksiak (sister)
Stella Maksiak (sister)
Josephine Maksiak (sister)
Louise Cowell (half sister)
Leonard Cowell (half brother)
Joseph Cowell (half brother)

More information

S/Sgt Edward S. Maksiak volunteered for the Army of the United States in Niagara Falls, New York on 12 January 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1925 NY State Census / 1930/1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Maksiak Family