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Personal info

Full name
SMIERCIAK, Joseph M
Date of birth
24 October 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33264532
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Brandscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 59

Immediate family

Members
John Smierciak (father)
Catherine R. Smierciak (mother)
Catherine A. Smierciak (sister)
John B. Smierciak (brother)
Matthew Smierciak (brother)
Helen Smierciak (sister)
Jane Smierciak (sister)
Frank Smierciak (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph M. Smierciak was a miner before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 30 April 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet