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Personal info

Full name
TARASKEWICZ, Charles
Date of birth
4 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Throop, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33355883
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Winden, south of Kreuzau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 2 41

Immediate family

Members
Charles Taraskewicz (father)
Mary Taraskewicz (mother)
Helen Taraskewicz (sister)
Joseph Taraskewicz (brother)
Genevieve Taraskewicz (sister)
Irene Taraskewicz (sister)
John Chuosky (stepbrother)
Joseph Chuosky (stepbrother)
Sophia Chuosky (stepsister)

More information

Pfc Charles Taraskewicz enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1942.

He was severely wounded in action on 7 July 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time. After recovering he rejoined his unit on 7 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/ - After Action Report 330th Inf Reg 83rd Inf Div December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Times Tribune 19 January 1945