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Personal info

Full name
KWIECINSKI, Leo Edward
Date of birth
31 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33925253
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Stiring-Wendel, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 40 26

Immediate family

Members
Ludwik P. Kwiecinski (father)
Hattie (Kubiak) Kwiecinski (mother)
Anthony Kwiecinski (brother)
Loretta B. Kwiecinski (sister)
Theodore F. Kwiecinski (brother)
Victoria Kwiecinski (sister)
Stanley J. Kwiecinski (brother)
Dorothy Kwiecinski (sister)

More information

Pfc Leo E. Kwiecinski enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 4 September 1944.

He attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted.

He was killed in action three weeks after being sent overseas to join the seventh Army.


Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Steigerwald Hill Family Tree, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.newspapers.com – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pennsylvania - 29 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy