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Personal info

Full name
PUTESKA, Erwin Morris
Date of birth
20 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32912340
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 11 25

Immediate family

Members
Frank Puteska (father)
Fanny Puteska (mother)
Henry Puteska (brother)

More information

Erwin M. Puteskaworked as a machinist apprentice.

He enlisted Newark, New Jersey on 7 april 1943.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - Jewish Serviceman Card / Steinfeld/Knott Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Memorial High School 1942, www.ancestry.com - bfsteinfeld