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Personal info

Full name
MALANOWSKI, Leonard Kenneth
Date of birth
13 November 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33680981
Rank
Private
Function
Automotive Mechanic
Unit
87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
7th Armored Division,
F Company
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Meijel, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 9 5

Immediate family

Members
Leonard K. Malanowski (father)
Catherine Malanowski (mother)
Carl Malanowski (brother)

More information

Pvt. Malanowski graduated from Academy High School in 1943.

He enlisted on 16 June 1943 at Erie in Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Academy High School yearbook 1943