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Personal info

Full name
HMIELEWSKI, Bruno Anthony
Date of birth
29 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ashland County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36249684
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Heavy Machine Gunner
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 2 11

Immediate family

Members
Stanislas Hmielewski (father)
Emily (Lapleven) Hmielewski (mother)
Charles Hmielewski (brother)
Anton Hmielewski (brother)
Theodore Hmielewski (brother)
Walter F. Hmielewski (brother)
Raymond Hmielewski (brother)

More information

T/5 Bruno A. Hmielewski was a track laborer employed by the Chicago and North Western Railroad before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 9 July 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments at the head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Hmielewski Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem