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Personal info

Full name
PODLES, Theodore Joseph
Date of birth
4 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Poland
Hometown
Baltimore City, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33907581
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Müddersheim-Hochkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 10 38

Immediate family

Members
Grzegorz Podles (father)
Antonina (Ference) Podles (mother)
Anthony Podles (brother)

More information

Pvt Theodore J. Podles worked as a plumber.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 4 August 1944.

He was born as Theodor Podles. His family lived in Malkinia, Poland before they immigrated.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Passenger List

Photo source: Peter Schouteten