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Personal info

Full name
STALCOSKIE, Edward Joseph
Date of birth
22 October 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33935822
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 33

Immediate family

Members
Frank Stalcoskie (father)
Catherine (Zabroski) Stalcoskie (mother)
Benjamin Stalcoskie (brother)
Leon F. Stalcoskie (brother)
Nellie Stalcoskie (sister)
Jacob Stalcoskie (brother)
Mary Stalcoskie (sister)
Nellie I. (Burke) Stalcoskie (wife)
Madiline Stalcoskie (daughter)
Frank Stalcoskie (son)
Patricia Stalcoskie (daughter)
Patsy A. Stalcoskie (daughter)

More information

Pfc Edward J. Stalcoskie attended high school for two years and was a miner before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 24 April 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Intranuovo Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Carrie, www.newspapers.com – Shamokin News Dispatch 22 February 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com – Shamokin News Dispatch 29 January 1945