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Personal info

Full name
PLEWA, Harry Francis
Date of birth
20 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Linden, Iowa County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36230703
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 7

Immediate family

Members
Florian F. Plewa (father)
Anna (Wisniewski) Plewa (mother)
Eleanor V. Plewa (sister)
Gilbert J. Plewa (brother)
Florian J. Plewa (brother)

More information

Pfc Harry F. Plewa attended high school for one year and was a machinist before he enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 6 January 1942.

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 / Mooneyville Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Silvano Theunissen, Milwaukee County War Memorial Center