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Personal info

Full name
KERSKI, Walter Joseph Paul
Date of birth
27 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31337973
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nayemont-Les-Fosse, Ban-de-Sapt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 41 9

Immediate family

Members
Wladyslaw Kerski (father)
Anastasia (Szulc) Kerski (mother)
Marion Kerski (sister)
Bronislaw Kerski (brother)
Sophie T. Kerski (sister)
Mary R. Kerski (sister)
Julius Kerski (brother)
Francis Kerski (brother)
Stanley Kerski (brother)
Theresa Kerski (sister)
Benjamin Kerski (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter J.P. Kerski graduated from St Hedwig's High School.

He was a coremaker employed by the Eastern Mallable Iron Company.

He enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 29 July 1943. He served in Italy and France.

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 Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy