courtesy of Grace D V |
John was drafted in December 1943 and after completing his basic military training was sent to the European theater. PVT Winiarski was transferred from the replacement depot to F Company 116th Infantry on 14 Aug 1944 as the regiment was in the early stages of the fight to liberate Brest. PVT Winiarski was killed in action in Brest, France on 5 Sep 1944.
PVT Winiarski was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in the Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery in Cheektowaga, New York.
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