Anthony R Wasielewski
Date of Death: 10/07/2007
Age: 51
Incident Location: Iraq
Hometown: Ladysmith
Branch of Service: Army
Unit: C Company, 397th Engineer Battalion, Task Force 321st
Unit Base: Wausau, Wisconsin
Sergeant First Class Tony Wasielewski, the son of Eugene and Jean Jahnke Wasielewski, grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended South Division High School. A very creative person, he played the guitar, did oil painting and charcoal sketching. He worked as a roofer and that's how he met his wife. After they married in 1990, they moved to Ladysmith Wisconsin and he worked at Weather Shield Manufacturing. There he became an avid fisherman who enjoyed catching bass on the Flambeau River.
SFC Wasielewski died of wounds he received due to enemy hostilities in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While serving as a Platoon Sergeant, SFC Wasielewski was conducting route-clearing operations on May 15th, 2007, in downtown Ramadi, Iraq. He and two other members of his unit were seriously injured when an Improvised Explosive Device detonated near their location. Though he was medically evacuated to Landstuhl, Germany, then later to Walter Reed Hospital, SFC Wasielewski succumbed to his wounds and died on October 7th, 2007.
SFC Wasielewski was assigned to Charlie Company, 397th En Bn ("Cobras") of Wausau, Wisconsin, 416th Theater Engineer Command. He was mobilized and deployed as part of the 321st En Bn/TF Pathfinder.
He served 20 years in the United States Army. He was laid to rest on October 11th, 2007, at the Riverside Cemetery in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, with full Military Honors.
SFC Wasielewski died of wounds he received due to enemy hostilities in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While serving as a Platoon Sergeant, SFC Wasielewski was conducting route-clearing operations on May 15th, 2007, in downtown Ramadi, Iraq. He and two other members of his unit were seriously injured when an Improvised Explosive Device detonated near their location. Though he was medically evacuated to Landstuhl, Germany, then later to Walter Reed Hospital, SFC Wasielewski succumbed to his wounds and died on October 7th, 2007.
SFC Wasielewski was assigned to Charlie Company, 397th En Bn ("Cobras") of Wausau, Wisconsin, 416th Theater Engineer Command. He was mobilized and deployed as part of the 321st En Bn/TF Pathfinder.
He served 20 years in the United States Army. He was laid to rest on October 11th, 2007, at the Riverside Cemetery in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, with full Military Honors.