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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 (twin sister)
Hans Cerny (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Carl W. Cerny graduated from South High School in 1938. He was employed at Heald Machine Co. before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 10 February 1942. He was sent overseas in January 1944 and arrived in France on 16 July 1944.

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

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, 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, Worcester Telegram - 19 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Damaris Acevedo, Worcester Telegram - 19 October 1944