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Personal info

Full name
SALAJCZYK, Jesse George "Jessie"
Date of birth
31 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33680960
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Sportplatze
Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 12 12

Immediate family

Members
George Salajczyk (father)
Agnes Salajczyk (mother)
Theodore Salajczyk (brother)

More information

Sgt Jesse Salajczyk graduated from Academy High School in the January 1943 where he was in the National Honor Society.

He enlisted on 16 June 1943 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He joined his unit from a replacement Depot on 29 October 1944 and was promoted to sergeant on 23 November 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura Phillips, www.ancestry.com - Academy High School, 1943