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Personal info

Full name
DULINAWKA, Michael Jr
Date of birth
9 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32841677
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 37

Immediate family

Members
Michael Dulinawka (father)
Sophie (Furtas) Dulinawka (mother)
John Dulinawka (brother)
Rose Dulinawka (sister)
Mary Dulinawka (sister)
Peter Dulinawka (brother)
Nicholas R. Dulinawka (brother)
Joseph Dulinawka (brother)
Catherine Dulinawka (sister)
Anna Dulinawka (sister)
Basil Dulinawka (brother)

More information

Pvt Michael Dulinawka Jr. attended high school for three years and was employed in the manufacture of miscellaneous products before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 8 March 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire to his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Dulinawka Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - John Strupp