Korean War
Rank | Staff Sergeant U.S. Air Force |
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Date of Death | February 24 1954 |
National Defense Service Medal
Staff Sergeant Zaleski was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
During the Korean War, Staff Sergeant Zaleski was assigned to the base commissary at Sampson Air Force Base at Geneva, New York. On February 24, 1954, he was a passenger on a truck carrying supplied from Syracuse to his base, when the truck skidded on the icy road and overturned killing him.