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Personal info

Full name
PAWLAK, Raymond Joseph
Date of birth
26 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36883806
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vagney, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 35 16

Immediate family

Members
Frank Morley (uncle)
Mary Morley (aunt)
Dorothy Morley (niece)
Peggy C. (Holt) Pawlak (wife)
Diane L. Pawlak (daughter)

More information

Pvt. Raymond J. Pawlak was raised by his uncle and aunt. He was employed by the Industrial Wire Cloth Co. before he enlisted on 2 July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the heart.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S.Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy