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Personal info

Full name
GONTARSKI, Stanley V
Date of birth
14 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Baldwinville, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Baldwinville, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-1298638
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 28

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Gontarski (father)
Anne Gontarski (mother)
Victoria Gontarski (sister)
Claudia M. (Dooley) Gontarski (wife)

More information

1st Lt Stanley V. Gontarski graduated from Templeton High School and was a student at the State Ranger School at Syracuse University.

He enlisted in Worcester, Massachusetts on 8 March 1941 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

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 / Dale and Amanda's Family Tree / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Mike Richard - Gardner News