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Personal info

Full name
AZARSKY, Charles
Date of birth
25 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Scranton, Lacka County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Duryea, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33847693
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 41

Immediate family

Members
Edward Azarsky (father)
Stilla Azarsky (mother)
Viola Azarsky (sister)
John Azarsky (brother)
Anna Azarsky (sister)
Arline Azarsky (sister)
Helen (Dronek) Azarsky (wife)
Charles R. Azarsky (son)
Leona A. Azarsky (daughter)
Rosalie T. Azarsky (daughter)

More information

Charles Azarsky worked on a farm. He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 23 March 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compansation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Wilkes-Barre Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Times - Tribune 15 November 1945