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Personal info

Full name
SLIBOWSKI, Frank James
Date of birth
20 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
20746725
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 40 4

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Slibowski (father)
Helen A. (Kowalski) Slibowski (mother)
Edward F. Slibowski (brother)
Dorothy J. Slibowski (sister)
William J. Slibowski (brother)
Pauline R. Slibowski (sister)
Agnes M. Slibowski (sister)
Theodore Slibowski (brother)
Mary A. Slibowski (sister)
James F. Slibowski (brother)

More information

Pvt Frank J. Slibowski was employed at the Missouri District Civilian Conservation Corps before he joined the National Guard in Boonville, Missouri on 25 November 1940. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Bennett Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - St. Joseph News Press 10 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy