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Personal info

Full name
BLAZNIAK, Stanley John
Date of birth
2 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35052659
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Near Worms, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 7 34

Immediate family

Members
John Blazniak (father)
Anna (Bodzonska) Blazniak (mother)
Michael Blazniak (brother)
Frank Blazniak (brother)
Joe Blazniak (brother)

More information

Pfc Stanley J. Blazniak graduated from South Shore High School and was employed at National Screw & Manufacturing Company.

He enlisted at Camp Perry Lacarne, Ohio on 16 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam, The Plain Dealer - 17 April 1945