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Personal info

Full name
SKIBA, Henry F
Date of birth
29 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35058259
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 4 6

Immediate family

Members
Frank Skiba (father)
Josephine (Jezekoska) Skiba (mother)
Anton Skiba (brother)
Lottie Skiba (sister)
Leo Skiba (brother)
Bertha Skiba (sister)
Joseph Skiba (brother)

More information

Pfc Henry F. Skiba was employed at Thompson Products Company. He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 8 April 1943.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery