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Personal info

Full name
LUCKY, George Geza
Date of birth
11 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35061470
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
South of Langerwehe, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 15 9

Immediate family

Members
Steve Szerencses (father)
Mary (Ginal) Szerencses (mother)
Louis P. Szerencses (brother)
Loretta M. (Krejci) Lucky (wife)

More information

Pfc George G. Lucky graduated from East Technical High School and was employed at Warner & Swasey Company. He had changed his name after school graduation.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 5 May 1943. He was wounded in France on 11 November for which he was awarded his first Purple Heart.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mrs. Robyn D'Reaux Rodgers - courtesy of Jasper van Kampen - 16th Infantry Regiment Historical Society