Frank J. Owsianka

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FRANK OWSIANKA, son of Agnes and John Owsianka of 1563 Norris Street in Camden NJ, was born September 27, 1920 in Chester PA. His parents had come to America in 1914. By 1930 the family, which included brothers Joseph, Alfred, and Edward, had moved to the Norris Street address in Camden, where John Owsianka worked as a butcher in a slaughterhouse. Frank Owsianka attended school at St. Joseph Parochial School and Hatch Junior High School. He was employed by a cigar company in Camden.

After being drafted into the Army on September 14, 1942, he received his basic training and was assigned to the Quartermaster Corps. He went overseas in the late summer of 1943, serving in the South Pacific.

Frank J. Owsianka drowned in an accident while serving near Townsville, Queensland, Australia on March 1, 1944. He was declared dead at the US Army Hospital at Townville the following day. He was survived by his parents, and brothers Joseph and Alfred. Joseph Owsianka was then serving in the United States Navy. His death was reported in the March 15, 1944 evening edition of the Camden Courier-Post.

After the war, his body was returned home, and he was buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Gloucester Township NJ on March 13, 1948. 

His brother Joseph Owsianka served in the Navy during World War II, and owned Martin & Owens Cafe at 1400 Sheridan Street in Camden NJ from the late 1940s  until the 1960s. 

March 10, 1948

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