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Personal info

Full name
PATOSKY, Robert Clyde Jr
Date of birth
27 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Shawtown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13090106
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 69

Immediate family

Members
Robert C. Patosky Sr. (father)

More information

Pfc Robert C. Patosky Jr. attended high school for four years before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 7 December 1942.

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, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press 9 September 1945
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Irwin Pennsylvania