Nickname(s) "Joe" Years of service 1942-1945 Name Joseph Lesniewski Other work Mail carrier | Allegiance United States Rank Private First Class Service/branch United States Army | |
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Born August 29, 1920 Erie, Pennsylvania (1920-08-29) Battles/wars World War II Battle of Normandy Operation Market Garden Battle of the Bulge Relations -Joseph (father) -Ciechaka (mother) Died May 23, 2012, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Battles and wars Invasion of Normandy, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge, World War II |
Joseph A. Lesniewski (29 August 1920 – 23 May 2012) was a soldier with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Lesniewski was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Simon Schatzberger. He was one of 20 contributors to the 2009 book We Who Are Alive and Remain: untold stories from the Band of Brothers, published by Penguin/Berkley-Caliber.
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