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Personal info

Full name
FALKOWSKI, Benny Teddy
Date of birth
22 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35068933
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Osweiler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 24 56

Immediate family

Members
Alex Falkowski (father)
Catherine Falkowski (mother)
Helen Falkowski (sister)
Jean Falkowski (sister)
William Falkowski (brother)
Edward Falkowski (brother)

More information

Pfc Benny T. Falkowski attended Lincoln High School for 1 year before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 8 July 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Danny van der Groen - Company's / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card
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