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Personal info

Full name
PEROSKI, Mike
Date of birth
23 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Laquin, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Sheffield, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33433305
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Montbronn, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 5 10

Immediate family

Members
Louie Peroski (father)
Catherine Peroski (mother)
Charles Peroski (brother)
Mickey Peroski (brother)
Steve Peroski (brother)
Mary Peroski (sister)
Anna M. Peroski (sister)
Joe Peroski (brother)

More information

Pfc Mike Peroski attended high school for four years and was employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad Company before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 20 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments on his back.

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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Kane Republican 27 December 1944
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