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Personal info

Full name
PETROSKY, Stephen John
Date of birth
12 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33463322
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 19

Immediate family

Members
Theodore Petrosky (father)
Ernestine (Zemlevich) Petrosky (mother)
Catherine Petrosky (sister)
Joseph R. Petrosky (brother)
Lewis B. Petrosky (brother)
Margaret A. Petrosky (sister)
Dorothy Petrosky (sister)
Helen (Natishin) Petrosky (wife)
Joanne Petrosky (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Stephen J. Petrosky graduated from Hazle Township High School and was a driver at the C. and R. Provision Company.

He enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 15 February 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

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, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Plain Speaker 18 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Plain Speaker 18 January 1945, www.newspapers.com - The Hazleton Standard-Sentinel