WWII · Battle Death Record
Sylvester Antolak
Sergeant, U.S. Army · Ohio
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Sylvester Antolak
- Entered the Service From
- Ohio
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- Company B, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- May 24, 1944
- Awards
- Medal of Honor
- Burial / Memorial
- Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Italy
- Grave
- Plot C, Row 12, Grave 13
Their story
Charged 200 yards across open ground near Cisterna, Italy — hit three times and his arm shattered — to silence an enemy machine-gun position, then pressed on until he was killed. Awarded the Medal of Honor.
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