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Personal info

Full name
WISNIEWSKI, Paul J
Date of birth
7 April 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32605898
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Alt Drewitz bei Küstrin, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Anthony J. Wisniewski (father)
Agata (Matsak) Wisniewski (mother)
Catherine Wisniewski (sister)
Rose Wisniewski (sister)
William E. Wisniewski (brother)
Anastasia Wisniewski (sister)

More information

T/5 Paul Wisniewski enlisted on 7 January 1943 at Newark, New Jersey.

He took part on the D-Day landing of hin unit on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944.

He was taken prisoner on 12 June 1944 and sent to Stalag III-C.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Dudziec Family Tree, www.americandday.org, www.marylandmilitaryhistory.org/29div/reports, http://www.7tharmddiv.org - IDPF Aloysious Mc Lean

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred