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Personal info

Full name
SKAROW, Nicholas Jr
Date of birth
18 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42143062
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Drusenheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Nicholas Skarow (father)
Mary Skarow (mother)
Helen Skarow (sister)
Evelyn Skarow (sister)
Vivian (Latherow) Skarow (wife)

More information

Pvt Nicholas Skarow Jr. attended high school for one year before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 31 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Nicholas Skarow Jr Family Tree / 1930 Census / New Jersey Marriage Index, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S