PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HENRY MILKOWSKI; MARINE CORPS

DOB/DOD: January 3, 1925 (Thompsonville, CT) – March 3, 1945; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 12 North Street, ThompsonvilleENLISTMENT: December 30, 1942, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 527073UNIT: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0745, Rifleman; and 0746, Automatic Rifleman FAMILY: Born to Polish-born Joseph Milkowski (1886-1945; died 6 monthsContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HENRY MILKOWSKI; MARINE CORPS”

HOSPITAL APPRENTICE FIRST CLASS FRANK AVERY DEWOLF; NAVY

DOB/DOD: October 20, 1925 (Springfield, MA) – March 8, 1945; 19 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 562 Enfield Street, ThompsonvilleENLISTMENT: June 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 6672778NAVY RATE AND UNIT: Corpsman assigned to Company D, 5th Medical Battalion, 5th Marine Division FAMILY: Born to Carl (1888-1967) and Esther Evelyn Wilcox DeWolf (1895-1958). At some point, Esther remarried StephenContinue reading “HOSPITAL APPRENTICE FIRST CLASS FRANK AVERY DEWOLF; NAVY”