Maleski, Victor Joseph

Rank and Name, Major Victor Joseph Maleski

Unit/Placed in, 84th Division, 9th Army, 327th Field Artillery Battalion.

Viktor was born in: October 4, 1919 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Father, Victor Stanley Maleski.

Mother, Katherine (Wisniewski) Maleski.

Parents born in Poland.

Sister(s), Veronica Harriet and Marcella Maleski.

Spouse, Marie M. (Logue) Maleski.

Enlisted the Army in February 8, 1941.

Maj. Maleski was a Major Operations Training Staff Officer with the 84th Infantry Division 327th Field Artillery Battalion.

Victor was ambushed when they were on Recon for the Battalion around Hannover, Victor and his Driver were killed at 12 April 1945, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Victor was first buried at the American Memorial and Cemetery Margraten Holland but was reburied at 1949 at St. Stanislaus Cemetery in Etna, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

My Dad adopted his grave back in Holland in 1945.

Thanks to, https://history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/84ID-ETO.htm

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9VVB-1KK

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com