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Personal info

Full name
WODSEDALEK, Stanley
Date of birth
16 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Moscow, Latah County, Idaho
Hometown
Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O1324383
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 3 56

Immediate family

Members
Jerry E. Wodsedalek (father)
Hazel M. (Phillips) Wodsedalek (mother)
Helen Wodsedalek (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Stanley Wodsedalek enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 16 November 1942. He died of wounds suffered in action in Luxembourg. Graduate of Marshall high school and former University of Minnesota student, he went overseas in August and had received the presidential citation.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block A, Row 5, Grave 120.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment record, www.ww2-airborne.us www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Family Tree / Idaho Birth Records, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune