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Personal info

Full name
SLEEIS, Nicholas George
Date of birth
17 October 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
6871949
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 30 39

Immediate family

Members
Elsie O. (Wolenuk) Sleeis (wife)
Antonina M. Sleeis (daughter)

More information

Sgt Nicholas G. Sleeis enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 6 May 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / Haynes Coleman Tree / New York Birth Index, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

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