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Personal info

Full name
GESIOR, Edward Aloysius "Eddie"
Date of birth
7 October 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32567353
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Near Fraimbois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 54

Immediate family

Members
Theresa A. (Lubanski) Gesior (wife)
Robert Gesior (son)
Joan Gesior (daughter)
Edward Gesior (son)
Ronald Gesior (son)
Gerald Gesior (son)

More information

Pvt Edward A. Gesior attended high school for two years.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 22 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Lubanski Panley Grabon Brulinski Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Kathleen Mirabella
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