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Personal info

Full name
WALASCUK, Michael
Date of birth
15 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Dorothy, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Dorothy, Atlantic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32070958
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Southwest of Hürtgen, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 10 43

Immediate family

Members
Stephen Walascuk (father)
Paracka Walascuk (mother)
Anna Walascuk (sister)
Mary Walascuk (sister)
Helen Walascuk (sister)
Stephen Walascuk (brother)
Catherine Walascuk (sister)
Harry Walascuk (brother)

More information

Sgt Michael Walascuk enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 3 April 1942.

He was a truck driver before he enlisted. His parents were born in Hungary.

He was first buried at Block RR, Row 4, Grave 72.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - History of the 13th Infantry Regiment, After Action Report of the 13th Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet