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Personal info

Full name
ROSHETKO, Mathew Lawrence
Date of birth
4 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15358716
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Donnerberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 18 22

Immediate family

Members
Michael L. Roshetko (father)
Florence (Cassidy) Roshetko (mother)
Donald F. Roshetko (brother)
Patrick G. Roshetko (brother)
Thomas Roshetko (brother)
Genevieve Roshetko (sister)
Robert Roshetko (brother)
Charles Roshetko (brother)
Paul Roshetko (brother)
Florence Roshetko (sister)

More information

Pvt Mathew L. Roshetko graduated from John Adams High School and attended Fenn College.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 21 October 1942.

Four other brothers also served during the war.

On of the pictures shows his temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Ohio Birth Index, 1908-2011 / Donald Roshetko obituary 2012

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Cleveland Plain Dealer - 6 December 1944