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Personal info

Full name
KRAWCZYK, Leonard J
Date of birth
10 September 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32552160
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 August 1944
Place of death
Near Villers-Cotterêts, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 36 44

Immediate family

Members
William Krawczyk (father)
Victoria G. Krawczyk (mother)
John Krawczyk (brother)
Eleanor Krawczyk (sister)

More information

Pvt Leonard J. Krawczyk attended 4 years of college and was a machinist before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 8 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Public Records Index / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel