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Personal info

Full name
SAFRANEK, Arnold Lawrence
Date of birth
12 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
South Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut
Hometown
South Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31468471
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bergkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 31 22

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Safranek (father)
Bertha B. (Heyduk) Safranek (mother)
Clifford G. Safranek (brother)
Laura S. Safranek (sister)
Lucille Safranek (sister)

More information

Pfc Arnold L. Safranek attended high school for four years and was employed at the F D Machine Tools Works before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 29 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
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