Edward Frank Blazejewski

Korean War
Service #12340083
UnitMED CO 8 REGT 1 CAV DIV
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Date of DeathNovember 1 1950
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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MED CO 8 REGT 1 CAV DIV
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Private First Class Blazejewski was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Private First Class Blazejewski was a medic with the Medical Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while tending his wounded comrades near Unsan, North Korea on November 1, 1950. His remains were recovered on August 4, 1997 and identified on February 7, 2006. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.