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RUSKIE, Charles - Date of
birth
10 March 1909 -
Age
35 - Place of
birth
Centralia, Columbia County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33231656 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
22nd Armored Engineer Battalion,
5th Armored Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
13 December 1944 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 5 | 2 |
Immediate family
-
Members
William Ruskie (father)
Margaret M. (Gomuskie) Ruskie (mother)
Margaret Ruskie (sister)
John Ruskie (broer)
Annie Ruskie (sister)
Elizabeth Ruskie (sister)
Agnes Ruskie (sister)
Catherine Ruskie (sister)
Mary Ruskie (sister)
Helen Ruskie (sister)
More information
Pfc Charles Ruskie was a driller.He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 21 May 1942. He trained at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
It is not known when Pfc Ruskie was wounded and when of if he was evacuated to a field hospital. Records show that his unit was uninterrupted active in the Hürtgen Forest in the vicinity of Zweifall, Germany in November and December 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application Files, Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - Mount Carmel Item 9 June 1942, 2 January 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten