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Personal info

Full name
VALESKY, Charles J
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36034348
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Corny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 82

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Valesky (father)
Kathryn Valesky (mother)
Stella Valesky (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles J. Valesky was a shipping depot loader at an automobile company before he joined the Regular Army on 3 June 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S WWII Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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