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Personal info

Full name
SREDNICKI, James Paul "Sred"
Date of birth
29 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36698661
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 6 43

Immediate family

Members
William P. Srednicki (father)
Helen (Wietecha) Srednicki (mother)

More information

James Srednicki graduated from Taft High School in June 1943. He was awarded a scolarship because he was a brilliant football player.

One of his friends witnessed that James Srednicki was taken prisoner near a bridge in the Netherlands. Some time later he managed to escape.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, http://aad.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Taft High School Yearbook 1942 / Birth Index / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Taft High School Yearbook 1942, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune