Stephen Pacholek

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/13/1944

Stephen Pacholek was born in the Bronx, New York on December 13, 1921.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by Norcross Publishing Company in New York City.

He was drafted into the Army on July 27, 1942 at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. His home of residence
was listed as Brooklyn, New York and his civilian occupation was listed as Semiskilled Occupations
In Manufacture Of Paper And Pulp. He had completed four years of High School and was single
with no dependents. His religion was listed as Catholic.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Private in Company C,
in Headquarters 22nd Infantry General Orders No. 14 dated December 31, 1943
at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Private Pacholek was killed in action in France during 1st Battalion's attack against the Quineville ridge.

On the night of June 13, Company C and 1st Battalion were in positions north of
Fontenay-sur-Mer, dug in for the night, in preparation for the attack against the ridge the next day.

Bill Di Dio, the nephew of James J. Puglia writes:

"My uncle shared a fox hole with the other three men listed ( Joseph J. Garcarz, Frank B. McAndrew, Stephen Pacholek) .
They came under heavy artillery fire from German 88's...when they inspected the damage the next morning, my uncle and
the three others were thought to be asleep, but an 88 landed nearby and the concussion killed all four...
there wasn't a scratch on any of them."

Decorations of Stephen Pacholek

Stephen Pacholek was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Sainte Mere-Eglise #1 at Carentan, France and in 1948
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in New York.

The body of Stephen Pacholek was returned to the United States in 1948
on board the U.S. Army Transport Carroll Victory.

From the Brooklyn Eagle Thursday October 7, 1948

Courtesy of Julien Woestyn

Burial:
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Maspeth
Queens County
New York

Top photo of Stephen Pacholek by Jeff Hall from the Find A Grave website

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