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Personal info

Full name
SAJA, Theodore J
Date of birth
29 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Camp Meade, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Hometown
Dickson City, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
20301889
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 1 23

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Saja (father)
Mary A. (Yezierski) Saja (mother)
Francis M. Saja (sister)
Rosalin Saja (sister)
Andrew Saja (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Theodore J. Saja enlisted in Scranton, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941.

His initial burial took place on Foy Temporary American Military Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium,

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966,

Photo source: www. findagrave.com - Des Philippet