According to World War I Military Service Card, New York State Archives:
Name: "Piwowarsky [Piwowarski], Frank"
Service no: 39,422
Address at the time of enlistment: 315 Greenway Avenue, Syracuse, NY.
Enlisted "Regular Army" at Fort Slocum, NY, on May 31, 1917.
Place of birth: "Kolno Russia [in Russian occupied partitioned Poland*]"
Age at the time of enlistment: 23 8/12 yrs
Units of assignment: Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment [2nd Division] to death.
Rank: Private
Engagements: Veaux; Chateau Thierry Sector; 2nd Battle of Marne
Served overseas: Sep. 7, 1917 to death.
Killed in action July 18, 1918
Notication of death made to his brother, Peter Piwowarsky, residing at 1400 Burnett Avenue, Syracuse, NY.
[Note: Kolno is a town in northeastern Poland, located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, about 150 km northeast of Warsaw.]
According to the 1915 New York State Census, Frank Piwowarski was a lodger residing with the Kubrak family at 1405 Burnet Avenue in Syracuse, NY. The census shows him as being 21 years old, born in Poland about 1894, in the U.S. 2 years. His occupation was "Laborer." Also residing as a lodger with the Kubrak family was Alexander Wyrwas, 18 years old, born in Poland about 1897 and in the U.S. for 1 year. His occupation was "Laborer." Both Piwowarski and Wyrwas were two of a total of nine young men from Transfiguration parish on Syracuse's Polish "East Side" that enlisted in the Regular Army on May 31, 1917. The other two known young men were Eugeniusz Jablonowski and Felix Wolpink. All four served in Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Division. Both Piwowarski and Jablonowski were killed in action on July 18, 1918 and Wyrwas was wounded. Wyrwas and Wolpink were founding members of the Polish Legion of American Veterans (PLAV) Post 14, named for Eugeniusz Jablonowski.
Frank's brother Peter was drafted on August 17, 1918 during which time he had been residing at 322 Greenway Avenue. It appeared that he had been notified about his brother's death just days before he was drafted. Peter served at the rank of Pvt. in Company F of the 26th Engineers and fought in the St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne Campaigns. He was discharged on March 21, 1919. Oddly the Syracuse papers had both him and his brother Frank listed as "killied in action" in memorial advertisements immediately after the war. Peter returned to Syracuse and was shown in the 1920 Census to be residing at 100 Liberty Street. he was working as a laborer in an Automobile Company. He moved to Detroit where he died in 1937.
Name: "Piwowarsky [Piwowarski], Frank"
Service no: 39,422
Address at the time of enlistment: 315 Greenway Avenue, Syracuse, NY.
Enlisted "Regular Army" at Fort Slocum, NY, on May 31, 1917.
Place of birth: "Kolno Russia [in Russian occupied partitioned Poland*]"
Age at the time of enlistment: 23 8/12 yrs
Units of assignment: Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment [2nd Division] to death.
Rank: Private
Engagements: Veaux; Chateau Thierry Sector; 2nd Battle of Marne
Served overseas: Sep. 7, 1917 to death.
Killed in action July 18, 1918
Notication of death made to his brother, Peter Piwowarsky, residing at 1400 Burnett Avenue, Syracuse, NY.
[Note: Kolno is a town in northeastern Poland, located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, about 150 km northeast of Warsaw.]
According to the 1915 New York State Census, Frank Piwowarski was a lodger residing with the Kubrak family at 1405 Burnet Avenue in Syracuse, NY. The census shows him as being 21 years old, born in Poland about 1894, in the U.S. 2 years. His occupation was "Laborer." Also residing as a lodger with the Kubrak family was Alexander Wyrwas, 18 years old, born in Poland about 1897 and in the U.S. for 1 year. His occupation was "Laborer." Both Piwowarski and Wyrwas were two of a total of nine young men from Transfiguration parish on Syracuse's Polish "East Side" that enlisted in the Regular Army on May 31, 1917. The other two known young men were Eugeniusz Jablonowski and Felix Wolpink. All four served in Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Division. Both Piwowarski and Jablonowski were killed in action on July 18, 1918 and Wyrwas was wounded. Wyrwas and Wolpink were founding members of the Polish Legion of American Veterans (PLAV) Post 14, named for Eugeniusz Jablonowski.
Frank's brother Peter was drafted on August 17, 1918 during which time he had been residing at 322 Greenway Avenue. It appeared that he had been notified about his brother's death just days before he was drafted. Peter served at the rank of Pvt. in Company F of the 26th Engineers and fought in the St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne Campaigns. He was discharged on March 21, 1919. Oddly the Syracuse papers had both him and his brother Frank listed as "killied in action" in memorial advertisements immediately after the war. Peter returned to Syracuse and was shown in the 1920 Census to be residing at 100 Liberty Street. he was working as a laborer in an Automobile Company. He moved to Detroit where he died in 1937.
According to World War I Military Service Card, New York State Archives:
Name: "Piwowarsky [Piwowarski], Frank"
Service no: 39,422
Address at the time of enlistment: 315 Greenway Avenue, Syracuse, NY.
Enlisted "Regular Army" at Fort Slocum, NY, on May 31, 1917.
Place of birth: "Kolno Russia [in Russian occupied partitioned Poland*]"
Age at the time of enlistment: 23 8/12 yrs
Units of assignment: Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment [2nd Division] to death.
Rank: Private
Engagements: Veaux; Chateau Thierry Sector; 2nd Battle of Marne
Served overseas: Sep. 7, 1917 to death.
Killed in action July 18, 1918
Notication of death made to his brother, Peter Piwowarsky, residing at 1400 Burnett Avenue, Syracuse, NY.
[Note: Kolno is a town in northeastern Poland, located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, about 150 km northeast of Warsaw.]
According to the 1915 New York State Census, Frank Piwowarski was a lodger residing with the Kubrak family at 1405 Burnet Avenue in Syracuse, NY. The census shows him as being 21 years old, born in Poland about 1894, in the U.S. 2 years. His occupation was "Laborer." Also residing as a lodger with the Kubrak family was Alexander Wyrwas, 18 years old, born in Poland about 1897 and in the U.S. for 1 year. His occupation was "Laborer." Both Piwowarski and Wyrwas were two of a total of nine young men from Transfiguration parish on Syracuse's Polish "East Side" that enlisted in the Regular Army on May 31, 1917. The other two known young men were Eugeniusz Jablonowski and Felix Wolpink. All four served in Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Division. Both Piwowarski and Jablonowski were killed in action on July 18, 1918 and Wyrwas was wounded. Wyrwas and Wolpink were founding members of the Polish Legion of American Veterans (PLAV) Post 14, named for Eugeniusz Jablonowski.
Frank's brother Peter was drafted on August 17, 1918 during which time he had been residing at 322 Greenway Avenue. It appeared that he had been notified about his brother's death just days before he was drafted. Peter served at the rank of Pvt. in Company F of the 26th Engineers and fought in the St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne Campaigns. He was discharged on March 21, 1919. Oddly the Syracuse papers had both him and his brother Frank listed as "killied in action" in memorial advertisements immediately after the war. Peter returned to Syracuse and was shown in the 1920 Census to be residing at 100 Liberty Street. he was working as a laborer in an Automobile Company. He moved to Detroit where he died in 1937.
Name: "Piwowarsky [Piwowarski], Frank"
Service no: 39,422
Address at the time of enlistment: 315 Greenway Avenue, Syracuse, NY.
Enlisted "Regular Army" at Fort Slocum, NY, on May 31, 1917.
Place of birth: "Kolno Russia [in Russian occupied partitioned Poland*]"
Age at the time of enlistment: 23 8/12 yrs
Units of assignment: Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment [2nd Division] to death.
Rank: Private
Engagements: Veaux; Chateau Thierry Sector; 2nd Battle of Marne
Served overseas: Sep. 7, 1917 to death.
Killed in action July 18, 1918
Notication of death made to his brother, Peter Piwowarsky, residing at 1400 Burnett Avenue, Syracuse, NY.
[Note: Kolno is a town in northeastern Poland, located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, about 150 km northeast of Warsaw.]
According to the 1915 New York State Census, Frank Piwowarski was a lodger residing with the Kubrak family at 1405 Burnet Avenue in Syracuse, NY. The census shows him as being 21 years old, born in Poland about 1894, in the U.S. 2 years. His occupation was "Laborer." Also residing as a lodger with the Kubrak family was Alexander Wyrwas, 18 years old, born in Poland about 1897 and in the U.S. for 1 year. His occupation was "Laborer." Both Piwowarski and Wyrwas were two of a total of nine young men from Transfiguration parish on Syracuse's Polish "East Side" that enlisted in the Regular Army on May 31, 1917. The other two known young men were Eugeniusz Jablonowski and Felix Wolpink. All four served in Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Division. Both Piwowarski and Jablonowski were killed in action on July 18, 1918 and Wyrwas was wounded. Wyrwas and Wolpink were founding members of the Polish Legion of American Veterans (PLAV) Post 14, named for Eugeniusz Jablonowski.
Frank's brother Peter was drafted on August 17, 1918 during which time he had been residing at 322 Greenway Avenue. It appeared that he had been notified about his brother's death just days before he was drafted. Peter served at the rank of Pvt. in Company F of the 26th Engineers and fought in the St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne Campaigns. He was discharged on March 21, 1919. Oddly the Syracuse papers had both him and his brother Frank listed as "killied in action" in memorial advertisements immediately after the war. Peter returned to Syracuse and was shown in the 1920 Census to be residing at 100 Liberty Street. he was working as a laborer in an Automobile Company. He moved to Detroit where he died in 1937.
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