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Personal info

Full name
MIELOSZYK, Frank Egan
Date of birth
28 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Ironwood, Gogebic County, Michigan
Hometown
Ironwood, Gogebic County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36460874
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 21 1

Immediate family

Members
William C. Mieloszyk (father)
Mary (Binkowski) Mieloszyk (mother)
Arthur Mieloszyk (brother)
John Mieloszyk (brother)
Steve Mieloszyk (brother)
Egan Mieloszyk (brother)
Laura Mieloszyk (sister)
Mary Mieloszyk (sister)
Thomas S. Mieloszyk (brother)
Helen (Elias) Mieloszyk (wife)

More information

Pvt Mieloszyk enlisted on 6 April 1943 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek near Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.markergarden.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record , www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Ironwood Daily Globe, WWII Draft Cards; Ironwood Daily Globe

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Susan Linton - 1929 Ironwood Luther Wright High School