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Personal info

Full name
KULESA, John Edward
Date of birth
20 August 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32468783
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Holzheim-Neuss, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 15 27

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Kulesa (father)
Julia Kulesa (mother)
Wanda Kulesa (sister)
Edward Kulesa (brother)
Frances Kulesa (sister)

More information

Pfc John E. Kulesa attended Our Lady of Czestochowa Parochial School and was a graduate of Public School No. 37 and was a driver for Seas Roebuck Company before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 10 September 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, John McParland - Jersey Journal Newspaper 20 February 1947, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, WII Draft Cards
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, John McParland - Jersey Journal Newspaper 20 February 1947