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Personal info

Full name
MACHEESE, Albin Alfred "Albie"
Date of birth
2 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33361931
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
111th Engineer Combat Battalion,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ohlungen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 12 58

Immediate family

Members
Albert R. Macheese (father)
Margaret (Didvalis) Macheese (mother)
Albert P. Macheese (brother)
Theresa Macheese (sister)
Adella L. Macheese (sister)
Alfonsus J. Macheese (brother)
Violet M. Macheese (sister)
Alice D. Macheese (sister)

More information

Pfc Albin A. Macheese enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 29 August 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1929/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII 1950-1966, https://36th-id.frb.io/, 111thengaar.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Republican and Herald - 6 February 1945