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Personal info

Full name
BIALEK, Leon Paul
Date of birth
1 October 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
New Boston, Schuykill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33829850
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Kerlin-lès-Sierck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 43

Immediate family

Members
John Bialek (father)
Matilda Bialek (mother)
Mary Bialek (sister)
Catherine Bialek (sister)
Adam Bialek (brother)
Stanley Bialek (brother)
Bertha Bialek (sister)
William Bialek (brother)
Charles Bialek (brother)
LaRue E. (Pelton) Bialek (wife)
James L. Bialek (son)

More information

Pvt Leon P. Bialek enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 22 July 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Pottsville Republican Pennsylvania - 2 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Record American - 6 September 1945