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Personal info

Full name
LUKCSO, William Ernest
Date of birth
13 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
12103161
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Suggerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 8 25

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Lukcso (father)
Pauline (Varga) Lukcso (mother)
Steven J. Lukcso (brother)
Pauline Lukcso (sister)
Matilda Lukcso (sister)
Joseph Lukcso (bother)
John Lukcso (brother)
Barbara J. Lukcso (sister)
Louis Lukcso (brother)
Elizabeth Lukcso (sister)
Anna Lukcso (sister)
Robert Lukcso (brother)

More information

Pfc William E. Lukcso graduated from Torrington High School where he played in the orchestra all four years. He also attended Cornell University for a year taking pre-veterinary courses.

He enlisted in Ithaco, New York on 16 November 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

His parents were born in Hungary.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com - Hartford Courant

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Lukcso Family