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Personal info

Full name
WACEK, Edward Felix
Date of birth
22 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Summit, Steel County, Minnesota
Hometown
Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
6857679
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 22 26

Immediate family

Members
Anton Wacek (father)
Anne Wacek (mother)
Anton Wacek (brother)
Joseph Wacek (brother)
Hedvik Wacek (brother)
Victor Wacek (brother)
Andrew Wacek (brother)
Mary Wacek (sister)
Annie Wacek (sister)
Frank Wacek (brother)
John Wacek (brother)
Agnes Wacek (sister)

More information

Sgt Edward F. Wacek was a carpenter before he volunteered at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on 3 February 1942.

He died in the POW camp Stalag IV-B.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Minnesota Birth Index, http://www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Mr D