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Personal info

Full name
SMIGLEWSKI, Walter John
Date of birth
17 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pine County, Minnesota
Hometown
Cass County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37562311
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 9 75

Immediate family

Members
Walter Smiglewski (father)
Victoria (Kiminski) Smiglewski (mother)
Earl T. Smiglewski (brother)
Cecelia E. Smiglewski (sister)
Victoria M. Smiglewski (sister)
Florence V. Smiglewski (sister)
Theodore J. Smiglewski (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter J. Smiglewski employed at the Great Northern Railway Company.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Minnesota Birth Index, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery