ENWWIW0006745-A
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Last Name: Wisniewski
First Name: Stanislaw
Middle Name: None
Army Serial Number: 2,011,310
Race: Caucasian
Branch: Army or Marines
Town or City of Residence: South Bend
County of Residence: St. Joseph
Place of Birth: Splawie, Poland
Date of Birth: 05/01/1895
Age: 27
Is this card a reverse side? (Indicated by "-B"): no
Notes and Questions
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Card reads Christian name as Stanistaw and that is what I typed, however, this person is Polish and a more common Christian name would be Stanislau. This may be a typo and feel this should be reviewed.
Ancestry.com provides numerous instances of him providing his given name as "Stanley," but no birth certificate provided to show how his name was spelled before he Anglicized it. Also, for his WWII draft registration card, he listed his birthdate at "8 May 1895." Since he had only been in the US since 1912, it's possible the recorders at his demobilization couldn't understand his English.
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