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Personal info

Full name
KWILASZ, Stanley I
Date of birth
18 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Gary, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Gary, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35578398
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 8 6

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Kwilasz (father)
Bessie Kwilasz (mother)
Celia Kwilasz (sister)
Michael Kwilasz (brother)
Edwina Kwilasz (sister)
Camilla Kwilasz (sister)
Florian Kwilasz (brother)
Henry Kwilasz (brother)
Lauretta Kwilasz (sister)
John Kwilasz (brother)
Patricia Kwilasz (sister)
Geraldine Kwilasz (sister)

More information

Pvt Stanley I. Kwilasz graduated from Emerson High School in 1940 and was a plumber .

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 5 January 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Emerson High School Gary, Indiana