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Personal info

Full name
CHLUDZIENSKI, Henry Joseph
Date of birth
5 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Jermyn, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Jermyn, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33941897
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 2 12

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Chludzienski (father)
Jenny Chludzienski (mother)
Mary A. Chludzienski (sister)

More information

Henry J. Chludzienski graduated from Jermyn High School where he was a basketball player. He was employed at the Big Chief Food Market in Jermyn.

He enlisted on 5 September 1944 in Wilkes Barre in Pennsylvania and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Times Tribune - 3 May 1945