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Personal info

Full name
GAJEWSKI, Edmund S
Date of birth
18 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36808110
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bitche, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 32 27

Immediate family

Members
Stanley E. Gajewski (father)
Sally (Jankowski) Gajewski (mother)
Gerald V. Gajewski (brother)
Donald J. Gajewski (brother)

More information

Sgt Edmund S. Gajewski was employed at the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company before he enlisted.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: While under mortar and artillery fire and under direct observation from an enemy tank, he reconnoitered for a position from which he could fire on the enemy automatic weapons. He continued firing before he was killed by the enemy.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Caroline C. Stelzel
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Caroline C. Stelzel