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Personal info

Full name
OSKI, Alexander P
Date of birth
10 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Mavie, Pennington County, Minnesota
Hometown
Pennington County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37271903
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
743rd Tank Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Neundorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 9 39

Immediate family

Members
Jozef Orzechowski (father)
Anna (Sobota) Orzechowski (mother)
Boleslaum Orzechowski (brother)
Mary Orzechowski (sister)
Helen Orzechowski (sister)
Henry Orzechowski (brother)
John Orzechowski (brother)
Rose Orzechowski (sister)
Clara Orzechowski (sister)
Andrew W. Oski (brother)
Albert G. Orzechowski (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Alexander P. Oski's father was born in Poland, his mother in Germany.
According to the After Action Report, he was killed in action on 22 January when his tank No. C8 was hit by an enemy artillery shell. There is a memorial stone at the Saint Bernard Cemetery, Thief River Falls, Pennington County, Minnesota.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Szymansky Family Tree, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 743rd Tank Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Szymansky Family Tree