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Personal info

Full name
GUST, Paul Bennedict
Date of birth
28 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
East Grand Forks, Polk County, Minnesota
Hometown
Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36413036
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riquewihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 42 27

Immediate family

Members
John J. Gust (father)
Francis A. Gust (mother)
Frank J. Gust (brother)
Alice A. Gust (sister)
Rudolph V. Gust (brother)
Lewis C. Gust (brother)
Anthony H. Gust (brother)
Eugene Gust (brother)
Edward J. Gust (brother)
Francis Gust (sister)
Richard Gust (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Paul B. Gust was a janitor, employed by the Oswosso County Club before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 3 December 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy