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Personal info

Full name
ROSKOSKY, John J
Date of birth
20 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
New Philadelphia, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
6997845
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ormont, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 19

Immediate family

Members
Julian J. Roskosky (father)
Jessie Roskosky (mother)

More information

S/Sgt John J. Roskosky enlisted at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina on 14 January 1941.
He was already a soldier in the 70th Coast Artillery in 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / Veteran Compensation Application Files

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Storiesbehindthestars.org