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Personal info

Full name
BIENKOWSKI, Chester Joseph
Date of birth
15 September 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37384535
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
8 October 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Bienkowski (father)
Rose Bienkowski (mother)
Alexander Bienkowski (brother)
Mary Bienkowski (sister)
William Bienkowski (brother)
Regina Bienkowski (sister)
John J. Bienkowski (brother)
Sophie Bienkowski (sister)
Mary Ann Bienkowski (sister)

More information

Cpl Chester J. Bienkowski worked for the Wabash Rail Road Company.

He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 11 September 1942.

Cpl Bienkowski was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Mary Ann Ritzka