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1LT Harry Cybak Jr.

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1LT Harry Cybak Jr.

Birth
Graceton, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
25 Dec 1944 (aged 25)
At Sea
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Plot
Plot D Row 27 Grave 27
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On Christmas Eve 1944, the Belgium troopship Leopoldville left the pier at Southampton, England, with over 2,000 American soldiers assigned to the 66th Infantry Division and crossed the English Channel to France. Just 5 1/2 miles from its destination, Cherbourg, the Leopoldville was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-486. There were 763 American soldiers killed, and the bodies of 493 were never recovered from the Channel's frigid 48-degree waters.

Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
On Christmas Eve 1944, the Belgium troopship Leopoldville left the pier at Southampton, England, with over 2,000 American soldiers assigned to the 66th Infantry Division and crossed the English Channel to France. Just 5 1/2 miles from its destination, Cherbourg, the Leopoldville was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-486. There were 763 American soldiers killed, and the bodies of 493 were never recovered from the Channel's frigid 48-degree waters.

Entered the service from Pennsylvania.

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  • Maintained by: Frogman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56643678/harry-cybak: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT Harry Cybak Jr. (22 Sep 1919–25 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56643678, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Frogman (contributor 47380828).