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Personal info

Full name
WISNESKI, Walter A
Date of birth
22 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31412974
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
Near Mainz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 31 33

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Wisneski (father)
Rose Wisneski (mother)
Pauline Wisneski (sister)
Jerome Wisneski (brother)
Robert Wisneski (brother)
Genevieve (Casida) Wisneski (wife)
Thomas Wisneski (son)

More information

Pfc Walter A. Wisneski attended high school for 3 years and was employed at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Division before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 15 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mrs. Genieve Budd, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - Hartford Courant Connecticut - 18 April 1945
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