Eddie Slovik died on 1945-01-31.
Yes, he was, a Polish Catholic. Roman, not the PNCC perusasion.
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A total of 102 for rape or murder and Private Eddie Slovik for desertion.
The only US soldier executed for desertion since the US Civil War. General Eisenhower approved the sentence as Supreme Allied Commander.
He did not Die
Slovik, the only US soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War is buried with his wife at Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery.
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.
The Execution of Private Slovik - 1974 TV is rated/received certificates of: Iceland:12 Norway:16 Sweden:15
Eddie Warner died in 1982.
Eddie Crush died in 2007.
Eddie Junior died in 1982.
Eddie Burrup died in 2000.