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Who was Private Eddie Slovik?
The only US soldier executed for desertion since the US Civil War. General Eisenhower approved the sentence as Supreme Allied Commander.
Where is Private Eddie Slovick US Army World War 2 buried?
Slovik, the only US soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War is buried with his wife at Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery.
During World War 2 how many US Soldiers were executed by the US Government?
A total of 102 for rape or murder and Private Eddie Slovik for desertion.
During World War 1 how many US Soldiers were executed by the US Government?
A total of 10, all for rape or murder. None for the military crime of desertion.
Can a US Army soldier have his first and last name on his uniformhttpwikianswerscomQCan a US Army soldier have his first?
No. It is last name only.
Is a US soldier allowed leave while on deployment in Afghanistan?
Only with orders. Leaving without orders would be desertion in the face of the enemy and punishable by (maximum) death.
When was the last US death sentence for desertion?
I cannot recall the source but awhile back I recall coming across some information that stated that the last death sentence for desertion (in the US military) was carried out in France during WWII. (unable to cite the reference for this) I found the answer to my own question. Courtesy of the ExecutedToday.com article(http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=116560151276&h=ZzCNO&u=6v7KX&ref=mf)On January 31, 1945, Private Edward Donald "Eddie" Slovik became a curious outlier of World War II: he was executed by firing squad by the U.S. Army for desertion. He is the only person to have been so punished for that crime since the Civil War.
How many people are killed for going AWOL?
In the aftermath of World War II, only one U.S. soldier- a Private Eddie Slovik was actually executed ( By firing squad) for the crime of war-time desertion. Slovik was a former plumbing apprentice and a small-time hood, that ideally should not have been in the Army to begin with. He was the only Deserter executed in the whole war effort of the US. A book and motion picture were made about the depressing Slovik saga- it occured near or during the Christmas season, to add misery.
What do you do to get executed in the US?
Murder will get you executed.
Were any US soldiers executed in the UK and if so how many and where was the place of execution?
I don't know of any Executed in the U.K. Pte.Eddie Slovik (of Detroit Mich.)was in Company G, 109th Inf.Regt. 28th Div.U.S.Army. He was the 1st soldier to be shot for desertion since the American Civil War. 21,049 were tried and found guilty of desertion. 49 were sentenced to death Slovik was the only one executed,he wrote to Gen. Eisenhower begging clemency, but so many were deserting that an example had to be made and he died by firing squad on Jan.31.1945 near Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in France. He was buried with 94 other American soldiers who were executed for other crimes such as rape and murder. Their tombstones had only a number and no names. His remains were returned to his wife Antoinette in Michigan in 1987,for burial. Go to a search engine(Google) and type in 'military executions'. You will see quite a number of hits. This is one that has good info on that subject users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution.htm It said there were 19 GI's executed in the UK during WW2. Check it out and other sites to get the full story. John
Who was the last soldier to die in Vietnam?
US soldier as in US Army? Or US soldier being a generic term for any member of the US military? Because according to the President Ford administration, the last US fighting men killed in the Vietnam War weren't "Soldiers" at all...but United States Marines! Mayaquez incident May 1975.
What happened to the remains of US Air Force personnel executed in the Soviet Union during World War 2?
First question is: Do you know that there were any executed in the USSR during WW2? Next by whom, the Axis on Soviet territory or the USSR itself? Do you know the name of the US Army Aircorps (US Airforce did not exist until 1947) personnel supposed to have been executed in the USSR? Those answers will make tracking down info easier in archives. If USAAC personnel were executed for treason, desertion or spying, it is likely that their bodies were buried in unmarked graves. The US did so in 1942 to the captured German spies upon execution and we disposed of those executed during the Nuremburg War Crimes trials by cremation and scattering at a secret location.
