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Personal info

Full name
GLADEK, Francis Ignatius
Date of birth
10 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Coal, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33509759
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
299th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 27 1

Immediate family

Members
Paul Gladek (father)
Mary Gladek (mother)
Jean Gladek (sister)
Theresa Gladek (sister)
Stephen Gladek (brother)
Ignatius Gladek (brother)
Florence Gladek (sister)
Helen Gladek (sister)

More information

Pvt Francis I. Gladek graduated from Coal Township High School in 1942 and worked in a textile factory..

He enlisted in Harrisbourg, Pennsylvania on 20 May 1943.

He was reported missing in action in the vicinity of Martelange, Belgium on 21 December 1944 and died at Stalag IV-B

Pvt Gladek's Bronze Star citation states that in December 1944 he braved heavy enemy gunfire to fire bazooka rockets at approaching tanks.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, http://www.299thcombatengineers.com/MainHistories.htm, WWII Draft Card, Shamokin News-Dispatch - 07 March 1946

Photo source: Jac Engels