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KASICA, Mitchell J - Date of
birth
1915 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
New Jersey -
Hometown
Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32156458 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Tank Driver -
Unit
24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Cavalry Group
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 February 1945 - Place of
death
East of Düren, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 11 | 3 |
Immediate family
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Members
Lawrence Kasica (father)
Anna Kasica (mother)
Stanley Kasica (brother)
Henry J. Kasica (brother)
Eleanor Kasica (sister)
Sophie Kasica (sister)
Bertha Kasica (sister)
Wanada Kasica (sister)
More information
Pfc Mitchell J. Kasica was a baker at the Hill-Top Bakery in his hometown.He enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 16 June 1941.
Both his parents were born in Poland.
His commanding officer, Col John C. Mac Donald, wrote to his parents that Kasica's unit became the target of enemy mortar fore en that he was struck by a shell fragment which killed him instantly.
He is remembered on the 4th Cavalry WWII Memorial at Fort Meade, Meade County, South Dakota.
His younger brother Henry was killed on 27 February 1945, two days after Mitchell, in the Pacific, serving with the 6th Infantry Division.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Records, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 4th Cavalry Group
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Erika, The Herald-News - 23 March 1945