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Personal info

Full name
TOPOLSKI, Edward Michael
Date of birth
5 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
Hometown
Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35922025
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 34 45

Immediate family

Members
Michael Topolski (father)
Anna Topolski (mother)
Florence Topolski (sister)
Roman Topolski (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward M. Topolski graduated from East High School in 1942 and was employed at Ohio Bell Telephone Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 18 November 1943.

He was first buried at Block AA, Row 6, Grave 139.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: Jac Engels