Necrology
Year: 1945
Eddie Slovik
Born: February 18th, 1920
Died: January 31st, 1945
Famous For: Only American Soldier Executed for Desertion Since the American Civil War
Cause of Death: Executed by firing squad near Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France
Burial Place: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Fere-en-Tardenois, Picardy, France
Second Burial Place: Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
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