Charles Podolski
| NAME: Charles Podolski | NICKNAME: Chuck | SERVICE NUMBER: 450183 | |||||
| HOME OF RECORD: 209 Buena Vista Avenue, Yonkers, NY | NEXT OF KIN: Wife, Mrs. Gloria Podolski (of Los Angeles, CA) | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH: 3/5/1917 | SERVICE DATES: 1940 – 1941 (US Army) 8/27/1942 – 1/5/1945 (USMC) | DATE OF DEATH: 1/3/1969 | |||||
| CAMPAIGN | UNIT | MOS | RATE | RESULT | |||
| Roi-Namur | D/1/24 | 746 | PFC | ||||
| Saipan | B/1/24 | 746 | PFC | WIA | |||
| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS: Purple Heart | LAST KNOWN RANK: Private First Class | ||||||
Charles Podolski is buried in Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York.
New River. Podolski, Czerweic, and Ramputi do a hero pose with belted .50 caliber ammunition; Piche and Pritchett watch from the doorway.
Chuck Podolski in the field, carrying an M1 carbine.
Podolski takes a well-earned breather. Training in the California summer was brutal.
Pinkerton, Pope, Podolski and Poggioli. The Corps loves to alphabetize.
Photos from the John C. Pope collection.