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Personal info

Full name
MELUSKY, Peter George
Date of birth
16 August 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33835777
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Germeter, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 7 49

Immediate family

Members
Matt Melusky (father)
Minnie Melusky (mother)
Valeria Melusky (sister)
Bokustia Melusky (sister)
Joseph Melusky (brother)
Clara Melusky (sister)
Violet (Yescalis) Melusky (wife)
Marie Melusky (daughter)

More information

Sgt Peter G. Melusky was a miner before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 23 December 1943.

His parents were born in Russia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record www.ancestry.com - various family trees / Headstone and Interment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - History of the 121st Infantry Regiment, After Action Report of the 121st Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Evening Herald 29 May 1945