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Alexander L. Piasecki

piasecki_al NAME
Alexander Louis Piasecki
NICKNAME
Joe
SERVICE NUMBER
274983
UNIT
Marine Detachment
USS Arizona
Gun Captain
HOME OF RECORD
Acme, WY
NEXT OF KIN
Sister, Mrs. Stella A. Romano
DATE OF BIRTH
January 29, 1918
at Acme, WY
ENTERED SERVICE
September 23, 1939
at Denver, CO
DATE OF LOSS
December 7, 1941
REGION
Hawaiian Islands
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Pearl Harbor
CASUALTY TYPE
Killed In Action
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Corporal Alexander L. Piasecki was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was aboard on 7 December 1941 when his ship was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at the battle of Pearl Harbor.

Piasecki’s remains were never identified, and are believed to rest aboard the Arizona to this day.

INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK
Corporal
STATUS OF REMAINS
Not recovered.
MEMORIALS
USS Arizona Memorial
Honolulu Memorial

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