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Personal info

Full name
WESOLOWSKI, Valentine Joseph
Date of birth
26 August 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Hometown
Highland, Ritchie County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35278818
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Avricourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 18 55

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Wesolowski (father)
Agatha (Swider) Wesolowski (mother)
John Wesolowski (brother)
Stella Wesolowski (sister)
Mary Wesolowski (sister)
Joseph J. Wesolowski (brother)
Helen Wesolowski (sister)
Henry R. Wesolowski (brother)

More information

Pfc Valentine J. Wesolowski was a guard and watchman before he enlisted at Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio on 10 March 1942.

He was killed by shell fragments to his leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wesolowska Swider Garvick Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy