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Personal info

Full name
SIMOLON, Sylvester C
Date of birth
12 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
West Allis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36807141
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
South of Bliesbruck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 41

Immediate family

Members
Grzegorz Simolon (father)
Julianna (Obrebski) Simolon (mother)
Estella Simolon (sister)
Sophia Simolon (sister)
Walter Simolon (brother)
Jeanette Simolon (sister)
Eleanore Simolon (sister)
Julia Simolon (sister)
Wanda Simolon (sister)
Edward Simolon (brother)
Alyce P. Simolon (sister)
Chester Simolon (brother)

More information

Pvt Sylvester Simolon graduated from Pulaski High School and was employed at the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bruce Simolon Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Milwaukee Journal 23 January 1945