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Personal info

Full name
KOSTANESKI, Henry "Kosty"
Date of birth
8 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
West Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
West Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
33608443
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Geilenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 7 46

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Kostaneski Sr (father)
Minnie (Schellala) Kostaneski (mother)
Joseph Kostaneski Jr. (brother)
Agnes Kostaneski (sister)
John Kostaneski (brother)
Raymond Kostaneski (brother)
Lawrence Kostaneski (brother)

More information

Pvt Henry Kostaneski graduated from West Hazleton High School with the class of 1943.

He enlisted on 17 July 1943 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 5 September 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.americandday.org, www.marylandmilitaryhistory.org/29div/reports, http://boards.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records, www.newspapers.com - The Plain Speaker (Hazleton, Pennsylvania), www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - West Hazleton High School Yearbook 1943