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Personal info

Full name
SZABANOWSKI, Anthony
Date of birth
28 August 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31380542
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Koslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Konstanty Szabanowski (father)
Marianna (Urbitis) Szabanowski (mother)
Aleksander Milewski (stepfather)
Joseph Szabanowski (brother)
Genevieve M. (Dubrowski) Szabanowski (wife)
Anthony P. Szabanowski (son)
Barbara Szabanowski (daughter)

More information

Anthony Szabanowski's father was born in Poland and immigrated in 1902. His mother was born in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Anthony was a driver for the State Highway Department. He was married to Genevieve Dubrowski in 1938.

He enlisted on 3 August 1943 in Hartford, Connecticut and joined his unit on 3 September 1944.

Pfc Szabanowski's body was found and identified in 1973, repatriated and re-interred at the Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingsdale, Suffolk County, New York.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees, 
http://116thregimentrollofhonor.blogspot.com/2016/11/pfc-anthony-peter-szabanowski.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, Charles E. Straub