Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Unit: A Trp, 2d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, American Campaign Medal, Europe / African / Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal
Enlisted: 31 March 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of birth: 17 June 1920
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation prior to enlistment: Semiskilled occupations in mechanical treatment of metals (rolling, stamping, forging, pressing, etc.), n.e.c.
High School: Grammar school
Married: Single, with dependents
Campaign: WWII
Died: 3 April 1945
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Wachenheim, Germany
Place of interment: Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Note: He stood omplexion.
Morning report submitted by Trp A, 2d Cava Recon Sqdn dated 4 April 1945 states: Tec5 Kasianczuk was killed while driving his 1/2 ton truck at night and his head struck an object.
