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Personal info

Full name
BOLINSKI, Leonard
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
6835323
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bennwihr - Sigolsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 5 26

Immediate family

Members
Michael Bolinski (father)
Antonia Bolinski (mother)
Kasemir Bolinski (brother)
Edward J. Bolinski (brother)
Walter Bolinski (brother)
Sigmund J. Bolinski (brother)
Sylvester W. Bolinski (brother)
Florence Bolinski (sister)

More information

Pvt Leonard Bolinski worked in a kitchen before he joined the Regular Army in Avon, Kentucky on 21 March 1939.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax and pelvic.

His brother Edward J. was killed in action in the vicinity of St. Lo, France on 15 July 1944 and is buried next to him.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – JoMarRo