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Personal info

Full name
DOROSH, Theodore J
Date of birth
31 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Clifton Heights, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33814673
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
1st Battalion,
273rd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
Lindenweg
Miescheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 15 47

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Dorosh (father)
Regina Dorosh (mother)
Charles Dorosh (brother)
Victoria Dorosh (sister)

More information

Pfc Theodore Dorosh attended Notre Dame University.

On the evening of 22 February 1945 the farm where the 3rd Platoon of B Company had found shelter, blew up, due to the detonation of a shaped charge, called a "Beehive". At that moment, 58 people were in the building. 51 of them were killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications WWII /1940 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://www.69th-infantry-division.com/histories/273.html, Today in ND History

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Notre Dame Alumnus - June 1945