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Personal info

Full name
PTAK, Edward Bill "Eddie"
Date of birth
11 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36590097
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schmidt, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 11 63

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Ptak (father)
Katherine (Marcinowska) Ptak (mother)
William Ptak (brother)
Helen B. Ptak (sister)
Anna I. Ptak (sister)
Mary Ptak (sister)
Frank Ptak (brother)
Frances Ptak (sister)
Walter Ptak (brother)
Gertrude Ptak (sister)

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Ptak Marecki Extended Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.historynet.com/the-hurtgen-forest-1944-the-worst-place-of-any.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Leonard Ptak