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Personal info

Full name
STEC, Peter
Date of birth
19 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
W2127855
Rank
Warrant Officer Junior Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Company,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 40 41

Immediate family

Members
John Stec (father)
Mary Stec (stepmother)
Evelyn Stec (half sister)

More information

WOJG Peter Stec was employed as a machinist at Remington Arms.

He enlisted on 10 March 1943 in New Haven, Connecticut.

He was taken prisoner on 21 December 1944 and died at Stalaf XII-A.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – R.E. Gustafson, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / WWII Draft Card / US Federal Naturalization Records

Photo source: www.findagrave.com