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PLESEC, Albert Paul - Date of
birth
3 September 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Saukville, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36231829 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 September 1944 - Place of
death
Hôpital Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, Rue Saint-Paul
Binche, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 13 | 20 |
Immediate family
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Members
Jacob Plesec (father)
Mary (Hiebering) Plesec (mother)
Frank Plesec (brother)
Vera M. Plesec (sister)
Joyce M. (Westfall) Plesec (wife)
More information
Cpl Albert P. Plesec attended high school for four years and was a mechanic.He enlisted in Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 14 January 1942.
He was married to Joyce Westfall on 28 November 1942.
On 3 September, tanks of F Company set up a roadblock on the corner of the Rue des Sinistrés and the Route de Charleroi in Epinois, Belgium.
The next day, Cpl Plesec performs maintenance on the tank gun. Apparently the gun was still loaded, a when handling it, it accidentally went off and the recoil of the breech struck the right side of its head. The armor piercing round passed through a house with no casualties. Immediately after the incident, he was taken by his comrades to Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Hospital in Binche. On his arrival, it is unfortunately too late. The corporal succumbed to his injuries the day after his 29th birthday.
His father was born in Austria and his mother in former Yugoslavia.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.36air-ad.com/names/serial/36231829, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Facebook