Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 - January 31,1945) was a private in the United States Army during World War II and the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War. Although over twenty-one thousand soldiers were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II-including forty-nine death sentences-only Slovik's death sentence was carried out. Wikipedia
Eddie Slovik's remains brought back from France to be reburied next to his wife, Antoinette, in Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery. info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=103&category=...
Only in a technical sense was Eddie Slovik a member of the 28th Infantry Division, and that was for just one day. It would seem then that his story should not really be regarded as part of the history of a proud division that suffered a total of 26,286 b www.28-110-k.org/sad_story_of_private_eddie_slovi.html
Eddie Slovik Birth: Feb. 18, 1920 Death: Jan. 31, 1945 The last US Solider to be exectuted for desertion, and the only soldier to be executed for this crime during World War II. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3134&pt=Ed...
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Eddie Slovik Birth: Feb. 18, 1920 Death: Jan. 31, 1945 The last US Solider to be exectuted for desertion, and the only soldier to be executed for this crime during World War II. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3134&a...
Pvt. Eddie Slovik was a draftee. Originally classified 4-F because of a prison record (grand theft auto), he was reclassified 1-A when draft standards were lowered to meet growing personnel needs. In January 1944, he was trained to be a rifleman, which www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/ww2-general/january-31-1945-exe...
Although over twenty-one thousand soldiers were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II-including forty-nine death sentences-only Slovik's death sentence was carried out. ... Slovik was born to a Polish-American family in Detroit, Mic medlibrary.org/medwiki/Eddie_Slovik
Slovik was born in Detroit, Michigan . As a youth, he was arrested several times; the first time, when he was twelve, occurred when he and some friends broke into a foundry to steal some brass. Between 1932 and 1937, he was caught for several incidents www.bibleocean.com/OmniDefinition/Eddie_Slovik
