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Personal info

Full name
JALOSKY, Walter Joseph
Date of birth
1 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Donora, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33710111
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 99

Immediate family

Members
Francis J. Jalosky Sr. (father)
Mary M. (Winkowska) Jalosky (mother)
Walter Jalosky (brother)
Francis J. Jalosky Jr. (brother)
Andrew L. Jalosky (brother)
Thomas C. Jalosky (brother)
Elizabeth E. Jalosky (sister)
Harry E. Jalosky (brother)
Clara R. Jalosky (sister)
Helen J. Jalosky (sister)
Mary A. Jalosky (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter J. Jalosky was employed at the Corning Glass before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 29 November 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Walter J. Jalosky had a brother with the same surname who died in 1922.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / Mansfield Josephites Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks, Charleroi, Pennsylvania / Donna Mansfield