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Personal info

Full name
WISNIEWSKI, Edward Joseph
Date of birth
17 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36370730
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 72

Immediate family

Members
John Wisniewski (father)
Mary (Bardel) Wisniewski (mother)
John P. Wisniewski (brother)
Leona E. Wisniewski (sister)
Emily Wisniewski (sister)
Theodore Wisniewski (brother)
Adeline Wisniewski (sister)
Richard Wisniewski (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Edward J. Wisniewski was employed in a foundry before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 10 September 1942.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross Medal posthumously for actions on the day of his death.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Petitfour Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy