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Personal info

Full name
GWIZDAK, Stephen Frank
Date of birth
12 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32592037
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
135th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
13 May 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Ignatius S. Gwizdak (father)
Mary (Bielak) Gwizdak (mother)
Julia M. Gwizdak (sister)
Anna R. Gwizdak (sister)
John J. Gwizdak (brother)
Pearl V. Gwizdak (sister)
Edward E. Gwizdak (brother)
Stella E. Gwizdak (sister)
Leona J. Gwizdak (sister)

More information

Sgt Stephen F. Gwizdak worked at the Hercules Powder Company in Parlin before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 19 November 1942. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The Central New Jersey Home News 3 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S