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Personal info

Full name
MOLESKI, Frank Joseph
Date of birth
1 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kulpmont, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33501719
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 80

Immediate family

Members
Mary B. (Olbrys) Moleski (mother)
Francis Moleski (sister)
Verna Moleski (sister)

More information

Pfc Frank J. Moleski attended high school for one year before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 20 February 1943. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach and thigh.

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

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 / Merobel Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Mount Carmel Item 27 December 1944
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