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Personal info

Full name
SAWICKI, Joseph A
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32092070
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
Near Fresnes-en-Saulnois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 41

Immediate family

Members
Wladyslaw Sawicki (father)
Mary (Misiorska) Sawicki (mother)
Benjamin Sawicki (brother)
William Sawicki (brother)
Stella Sawicki (sister)
Josephine T. Sawicki (sister)

More information

T/5 Joseph A. Sawicki enlisted in New York City, New York on 16 May 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / O’Connor-Walsh_Brennan Greenwich Village Ny Tree / Headstone and Interment Records, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945

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