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Personal info

Full name
SIKORSKI, Louis Evaristus
Date of birth
26 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1325713
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Ancerviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 16 38

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Sikorski (father)
Josephine (Malaburski) Sikorski (mother)
Roman F. Sikorski (brother)
Joan Sikorski (sister)
Lillian Sikorski (sister)
Lillian H. (Bochenek) Sikorski (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Louis E. Sikorski attended high school for four years and was a clerk before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 23 July 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Lilian Gardner, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / Cook County Illinois Marriage Index, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux / Bruce Weirauch

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – Chicago Tribune Illinois 11 January 1945