Richard Waslaski

Private First Class Richard Waslaski grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Cavalier

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Infantry

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Italy

Biography:

Richard B Wladyslaus Wierzchoslawski Waslaski was born in Wales, Cavalier County, North Dakota on April 7, 1925, to Stanislaw (Stanley) Frank Wierzchoslawski Waslaski and Catherine (Katie) Kiebowitz.  He entered AUS Fort Snelling, Minnesota on November 11, 1943, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. Private First Class Waslaski was killed in action on April 17, 1943, and received the Purple Heart.  He is buried in the United States Military Cemetery, Northern, Italy, along with having a gravesite in Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota.

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave