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Personal info

Full name
SOKOLOWSKI, Chester E
Date of birth
17 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Olean, Cattarugus County, New York
Hometown
Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York

Military service

Service number
20232168
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 33 41

Immediate family

Members
George A. Sokolowski (father)
Rose (Kwiatkowski) Sokolowski (mother)
Joseph J. Sokolowski (brother)
Anna Sokolowski (sister)
Mary Sokolowski (sister)
Theresa Sokolowski (sister)
Frank Sokolowski (brother)
Clara Sokolowski (sister)
Jessie Sokolowski (sister)
Lucy Sokolowski (sister)
Martha Sokolowski (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Chester E. Sokolowski graduated from St Francis High School in Athol Springs, New York. and was a machine operator at the Clark Brothers Company.

He joined the National Guard in Olean, New York on 16 September 1940. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York National Guard Service Cards / Ashley B’s Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Times Herald 16 June 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy