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Personal info

Full name
SLADEK, Joseph Francis
Date of birth
20 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Glendale, Marshall County, West Virginia
Hometown
East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35048828
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Moussey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 65

Immediate family

Members
Oliver Sladek (father)
Josephine Sladek (mother)
Helen M. Sladek (sister)
Elizabeth E. Sladek (sister)
Michael S. Sladek (brother)
Oliver Sladek Jr. (brother)
Dorothy Sladek (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph F. Sladek attended high school for two years and was employed at the McKinney Tool Company before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 17 February 1943.

He died from a gunshot in the chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy