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Personal info

Full name
POLANOWSKI, Raymond J
Date of birth
23 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42021438
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Valff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 11 69

Immediate family

Members
Walter H. Polanowski (father)
Petronella M. (Bojarski) Polanowski (mother)
Edward W. Polanowski (brother)
Alice Polanowski (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, http://14thad.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Lackawanna New York