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Personal info

Full name
POROSTOVSKY, Richard L
Date of birth
27 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lorain County, Ohio
Hometown
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35535460
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Avricourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 9 12

Immediate family

Members
Michael Porostovsky (father)
Mary Porostovsky (mother)
Lester Porostovsky (brother)
Marian Porostovsky (sister)
Robert Porostovsky (brother)
Virginia Porostovsky (sister)
Sherley Porostovsky (sister)
Carol Porostovsky (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard L. Porostovsky graduated from Lorain High School in 1941 before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 11 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments on his leg and hand.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Robert Porostovsky, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Lorain High School, 1941