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Personal info

Full name
SELESKY, James Henry
Date of birth
28 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Vestaburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allison, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33429209
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Obergailbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 33 37

Immediate family

Members
Frank Selesky (father)
Margaret (Stromp) Selesky (mother)
Louis J. Selesky (brother)
Beatrice J. Selesky (sister)
John Selesky (brother)
Anna Selesky (sister)
Margaret B. Selesky (sister)
Joseph G. Selesky (brother)
Helen Selesky (sister)
Stephen S. Selesky (brother)
Frank Selesky Jr. (brother)
Ethel Selesky (sister)
William P. Selesky (brother)

More information

Pvt James H. Selesky enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 12 February 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Ethel Morris, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Morris Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
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