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Personal info

Full name
SZYMANSKI, Bernard Thomas
Date of birth
29 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Medford Township, Steele County, Minnesota
Hometown
Steele County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
20749084
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Helenenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 9 13

Immediate family

Members
Mathew E. Szymanski (father)
Martha L. (Kosmoski) Szymanski (mother)
Ursula J. Szymanski (sister)
Edward M. Szymanski (brother)
Delores R. Szymanski (sister)
Louis J. Szymanski (brother)

More information

Pfc Bernard T. Szymanski joined the National Guard in Faribault, Minnesota on 6 January 1941.

He is remembered at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota with a memorial marker.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Kathy Brick