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Personal info

Full name
SOSNOWSKI, John
Date of birth
19 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33300324
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Ollmuth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 82

Immediate family

Members
Vincent Sosnowski (father)
Stefanie (Maszyloski) Sosnowski (mother)
Paul O. Sosnowski (brother)
Anna Sosnowski (sister)
Tony Sosnowski (brother)
Vincent Sosnowski (brother)

More information

Pfc John Sosnowski graduated from Beaver Falls High School in June 1939 and was employed at Pittsburgh Tube Company.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 24 August 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.94thinfdiv.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Beaver Falls High School - 1939