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Personal info

Full name
WOLINSKI, Jan
Date of birth
18 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Lublin, Poland
Hometown
Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31423334
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
22nd Tank Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pinsamont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 10

Immediate family

Members
Helen (Grazewich) Wolinski (wife)
John F. Wolinski (son)

More information

Pvt Jan Wolinski fought the Nazis when they invaded his native Poland and escaped to the United States in September 1940.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 October 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Wolinski Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery