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Personal info

Full name
SYSLO, Emil G
Date of birth
8 December 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Tarnov, Platte County, Nebraska
Hometown
Cedar Rapids, Boone County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
6936102
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 4 59

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Syslo (father)
Celia (Kush) Syslo (mother)
Joseph D. Syslo (brother)
Alois F. Syslo (brother)
Daniel L. Syslo (brother)
Bernard S. Syslo (brother)
Rose H. Syslo (sister)
Alphonse M. Syslo (brother)
Meryncia C. Syslo (sister)
Florence A. Syslo (sister)
Ray P. Syslo (brother)
Stanley L. Syslo (brother)
Theresa E. Syslo (sister)
Margaret C. Syslo (sister)

More information

Pfc Emil G. Syslo attended St. Michael’s Parochial School and worked on the family farm before he joined the Regular Army on 12 November 1939.
He was sent overseas in November 1942.
He was severely wounded in action at his spine and trunk by a landmine and died the same day.
He is remembered at a monument in Rupt-sur-Moselle.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave – Andy / Bill Syslo

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