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Personal info

Full name
RAKOWSKI, Steve Valerian
Date of birth
26 December 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35525121
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Southern sector of the Ruhr Pocket, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 21 20

Immediate family

Members
Valerian Rakowski (father)
Anna (Slydz) Rakowski (mother)
Bronislaw Boryczka (stepfather)
Theresa L. Rakowski (sister)
Marianna Rakowski (sister)
Harry Boryczka (half-brother)
Clara Boryczka (half-sister)
Eleanor Boryczka (half-sister)
Stanley Boryczka (half-brother)
Dorothy Boryczka (half-sister)
Clarence Boryczka (half-brother)

More information

T/5 Steve V. Rakowski attended South High School for one year and worked at the Harris-Seybold-Potter Company as a metal worker.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 8 December 1942.
Both his parents were born in Russia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Rakowski Family Tree / WWII Draft Cards / 1930 Census, www.9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Beverly Slocum, The Plain Dealer - 22 April 1945