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Personal info

Full name
KALINOWSKI, Chester
Date of birth
13 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13039124
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Longchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 5 4

Immediate family

Members
Joseph S. Kalinowski (father)
Louise Kalinowski (mother)
John A. Kalinowski (brother)

More information

Cpl Chester Kalinowski volunteered for the U.S. Army in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 10 December 1941.

He attended high school for 3 years and was a Plumber.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Forester & Luczak Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier