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Personal info

Full name
KOSAK, Stanley Edward
Date of birth
29 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13076836
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gröningen-Barby, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 9 4

Immediate family

Members
Anthony J. Kosak (father)
Mary (Jankowiak) Kosak (mother)
Joseph Kosak (brother)
Adam A. Kosak (brother)
Mary Kosak (sister)
Helen B. (Gill) Kosak (wife)

More information

Pfc Stanley E. Kosak enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 17 March 1942. Formerly assigned to an anti-aircraft unit, Kosak received his military training at Fort Bliss in Texas, Fort Adams in Massachusetts and Camp Stuart in Georgia. He was sent overseas on 12 January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.ambc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com - Gerald J. Boyer, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Suzanne Kosak and Marc Geuskens