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Personal info

Full name
DOBROWSIECKI, Walter
Date of birth
17 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
20302093
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 13 4

Immediate family

Members
Michael Dobrowsiecki (father)
Victoria Dobrowsiecki (mother)
Joseph Dobrowsiecki (brother)
Andrew Dobrowsiecki (brother)
John Dobrowsiecki (brother)
Anna Dobrowsiecki (sister)
Josephine Dobrowsiecki (sister)
Helen Dobrowsiecki (sister)

More information

Pvt Walter Dobrowsiecki graduated from Olyphant High School.

He enlisted in Scranton, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941 and was sent overseas in October 1943.

According to the family the surname should be spelled as Debrowiecki.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania U.S. Veteran Compensation Application Files / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Times Tribune - 21 October 1944