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Personal info

Full name
KUCER, Mike Jr
Date of birth
9 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33438089
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Rauwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 7 27

Immediate family

Members
Mike Kucer (father)
Mary Kucer (mother)
John Kucer (brother)

More information

Pfc Mike Kucer Jr. attended high school for one year and was a crane man, before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 23 February 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck.
His brother, Pfc John Kucer, is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kucer Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy