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Personal info

Full name
CERNY, Carl W
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Czecho-Slovakia
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31063571
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 40

Immediate family

Members
Karl J. Cerny (father)
Marie Cerny (mother)
Edeltraude J. Cerny (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Carl W. Cerny enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 10 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / New York, Passenger Lists, 1820 - 1957, After action report, 51st Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division - 23 Aug 44 thru 9 May 45.

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