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Personal info

Full name
CIESIELSKI, William Joe
Date of birth
22 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36644962
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 46

Immediate family

Members
Peter P. Cieslieski (father)
Harriet (Czerwinski) Cieslieski (mother)
Richard Cieslieski (brother)
Eleanor Cieslieski (sister)
Edward Cieslieski (brother)
Lorraine Cieslieski (sister)
Peter P. Cieslieski (brother)
Raymond Cieslieski (brother)
Margaret Cieslieski (sister)
George J. Cieslieski (brother)

More information

Sgt William J. Ciesielsky was employed at the Chicago Rawhide Company.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten