Toney Alasky (1890 - 1918)

Born 24 May 1890 in Warsaw, Poland

Died 5 Oct 1918 at age 28 in France

Biography

Private Toney Alasky was Killed in Action during World War I.

Private Toney Alasky served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 1917
Unit(s): 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Service ended: Oct 5, 1918

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA

He married Cynthia Barnett.^[1]

On the WWI draft he is listed as a declarant and with a wife and 3 children^[2]. He was working for the Virginia Buffalo Coal Company.

Private Alasky was Killed in Action.^[3]He is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRBP-GHM : 29 November 2018), Toney Alasky and Cynthia Barnett, 1916; citing Marriage, Logan, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8Q9-BXB : accessed 2 June 2015), Tony Alasky, 1917-1918; citing Logan County, West Virginia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,992,562.
3. ↑ Soldiers of the Great War, Volume III page 141, Haulsee, W. M.; Howe, F. G.; Doyle, A. C.,Washington, D.C.; Soldiers Record Publishing Association, 1920
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #55990165

See also:

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ6-G2Z4 : 3 September 2021), Toney Alasky, ; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.