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Personal info

Full name
GWIZDZ, Stephen Stanley
Date of birth
22 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35096067
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Farébersviller – Cocheren, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 20 42

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Gwizdz (father)
Stephania (Dominik) Gwizdz (mother)
Michelina Gwizdz (sister)
Edward Gwizdz (brother)
Maryanna Gwizdz (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Stephen S. Gwizdz attended high school for four years and was employed at the Sinclair Oil Refinery before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 8 March 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in his back.

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. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Kim / Sandsoftime