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Personal info

Full name
SHIMOSKIE, Joseph Sr
Date of birth
10 January 1907
Age
38
Place of birth
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bath, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33928266
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
At the railroad west of Gladbeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 12 4

Immediate family

Members
Julia Shimoskie (mother)
Stephen Shimoskie (brother)
Andrew Shimoskie (brother)
Michael Shimoskie (brother)
Mary S. (Loder) Shimoskie (wife)
Joseph Shimoskie Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Joseph Shimoskie Sr. was employed by the Keystone Portland Cement Co. in Bath before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 27 March 1944.

He joined his unit from the 83rd Replacement Battalion on 21 January 1945 and was promoted to Private First Class on 8 February 1945.

Both his parents were born in Czechoslovakia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.coulthart.com/134, www.newspapers.com - The Morning call

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hans Wijnands