Władysław Kasza - (born 6 August 1895 in Polanka [pl], Krosno, died 25 January 1937 in Warsaw aged 41) Podpolkovnik of infantry of the Polish Armed Forces, independence activist, awarded the Virtuti Militari.

He was born on the 6th of August 1895 in the village of Polanka [pl], Krosno in the family of Tomasz, a farmer and Zofia from Gieruck.

[8][9] Before 1914, he went to 1st Secondary School named after King Stanisław Leszczyński in Jasło [pl], and then in Sanok, where he completed sixth grade.

[13][14] On 15 November 1918, he was accepted to the Polish Armed Forces, temporarily serving as a podporuchik given by major general Bolesław Roja.

[23] In April of this year, he was transferred to the 12th Infantry Regiment (which belonged to Kraków) in Wadowice as the commander of the 3rd battalion.

[26][27] On the 24th of December 1929, the president of the Second Polish Republic made him Podpolkovnik and 11th place in the infantry corps as of 1 January 1930.