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Personal info

Full name
BOLINSKI, Edward J
Date of birth
1906
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
6758098
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 July 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 5 25

Immediate family

Members
Michael Bolinski (father)
Antonia Bolinski (mother)
Mary Bolinski (sister)
Stanley Bolinski (brother)
Zygmunt Bolinski (brother)
Walter Bolinski (brother)
Louise Bolinski (sister)
Jennie Bolinski (sister)
Sylvester Bolinski (brother)

More information

1st Sgt Edward J. Bolinski joined the Regular Army on 21 March 1939.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. Mere Eglise No.2, France.

His brother Leonard is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bolinski Family Tree / 1920 Census

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