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Personal info

Full name
MASALSKI, Stephen Joseph
Date of birth
2 May 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Elmira, Otsego County, Michigan
Hometown
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36177878
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Forêt de Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 22

Immediate family

Members
Adam Masalski (father)
Stella (Matuszak) Masalski (mother)
Regina Masalski (sister)
Bernard Masalski (brother)

More information

Cpl Stephen J. Masalski attended high school for one year and was employed at the Grand Trunk Western Railroad before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 1 April 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 / 1930 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
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