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Personal info

Full name
WROBLEWSKI, Leo John
Date of birth
10 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32012658
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 April 1945
Place of death
Near Füssen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 17 28

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Wroblewski (father)
Stella Wroblewski (mother)

More information

T/Sgt Leo J. Wroblewski was a semiskilled painter before he enlisted in Jamaica, New York, on 27 November 1940.

He was killed by small arms fire to the head.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
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