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Personal info

Full name
SUCHTA, George Anthony
Date of birth
22 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Lilly, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Duquesne, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33161585
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
630th Tank Destroyer Battalion,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Beiler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 5

Immediate family

Members
George Suchta (father)
Elizabeth (Turchek) Suchta (mother)
Mary Suchta (sister)
Andrew Suchta (brother)
Anna Suchta (sister)
Virginia Suchta (sister)
Helen Suchta (sister)
John Suchta (brother)
Pauline Suchta (sister)

More information

Cpl George A. Suchta was a sales clerk before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 9 March 1942.

His brother John also served during the war.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs/630_-_Oper_report_Dec_16_44_to_Jan_4_1945.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph 19 May 1944