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https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Information-for-Units/Medal-of-Honor-Recipients-By-Unit/PFC-Frank-Peter-Witek/

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/w/witek-frank-p.html

Private First Class Frank Peter Witek (World War II) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/rockisland.asp. He received the Medal of Honor posthumously for service in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, in recognition of gallantry and self-sacrifice during the Battle of Finegayen at Guam, Mariana Islands, August 3, 1944. 
Frank Peter Witek was born on December 10, 1921, in Derby, Connecticut. He was of Polish ancestry. When he was 9, the family moved to Chicago. It was there he finished his student days at Crane Technical High School and went to work at the Standard Transformer Company.

On January 20, 1942, he left for recruit training after enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. He left almost immediately for Pearl Harbor and in January 1943, his family heard from him while he was in New Zealand. From there he went to Bougainville where he fought in three major battles. Then he went to Guadalcanal for a rest. On July 21, 1944, the 3rd Marine Division invaded Guam. PFC Witek was a Browning automatic rifleman and scout behind the Japanese lines.

On September 8, 1944, his mother received a telegram from Washington informing her that her son had been killed on August 3. According to a combat correspondent's release, he was slain at the battle of the Mount Santa Rosa roadblock. He had only eight cartridges left out of an original 240 rounds when he was found.

On Sunday, May 20, 1945, 50,000 people, including his mother and Gen Alexander A. Vandegrift, Commandant of the Marine Corps, met in Soldier Field, Chicago, to honor to his memory. 

Initially buried in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Cemetery on Guam, PFC Witek's remains were reinterred in the Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, in 1949.  https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2295170/#:~:text=Marine%20Corps%20Pfc.-,Frank%20P.,3%2C%201944. *The preceding content is not intended as a comprehensive biography, but it highlights their significance as a result of military or civilian distinction, lasting achievements, or association with impactful national events. 

FRANK PETER WITEK

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