[1] He is considered by some historians to have been the first Polish soldier to die in World War II.
[1] On the night of 31 August to 1 September, he served in a platoon sent to strengthen the Jeziorki[2] border checkpoint.
[1] Around 1:40 am Konieczka, left alone operating a machine gun,[1] was bashed to death with rifle butts.
A historian confirmed from records that Konieczka was the first war victim in the Greater Poland region.
[2] On 14 September 2010, he was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.