Stories of the Fallen - Private 1st Class Frank Levandowski

Rochester, New York 

Frank Levandowski served in World War I in the United States Army.  The enlistment was in September 1917.  The service was completed October 1918.

Frank Lewandowski was born in Rochester, NY, in 1894. He was the son of Franciszek and Mary Kowalska Lewandowski, immigrants from Brudnia, Kujawski-Pomorskie, Prussian Poland in 1889. “Franciscus” Frank was baptized in St. Stanislaus Church on October 10, 1894. Prior to the war, Frank worked as a farmhand for James M. Melvin in Liverpool, NY.  Frank entered the service at Rochester, NY,  September 27, 1917, at the age of 23 years, as a Private in the US Army. 

Transcription of his handwriting from his Draft Registration resulted in a spelling  change to "Levandowski" which carried through on all his military records.  He was assigned to Battery B, 309th Field Artillery; transferred to Company D, 326th Infantry, November 9, 1917. He embarked overseas, April 29, 1918, and on October 18, 2018, Pvt. First Class Frank Levandowski was killed in action at the age of 24. Frank was survived by his parents, two brothers and seven sisters, in Rochester NY, and was buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.