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Personal info

Full name
KERTESZ, Charles
Date of birth
15 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Gary, McDowell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Tazewell County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33047136
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 11 32

Immediate family

Members
George M. Kertesz (father)
Julia (Lorant) Kertesz (mother)
Joseph P. Kertesz (brother)
George M. Kertesz Jr. (brother)
Frank Kertesz (brother)
Julia Kertesz (sister)
Elizabeth Kertesz (sister)
Mary Kertesz (sister)
William M. Kertesz (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Charles Kertesz enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 22 April 1941.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Norman Skinner III