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Personal info

Full name
PRASSAS, Constantinos Nick
Date of birth
23 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Tripoli, Peloponnese, Greece
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16067839
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riedwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 35

Immediate family

Members
Nicholas Prassas (father)

More information

Sgt Constantinos N. Prassas attended high school for three years and was a retail manager in his own shop before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 5 February 1942.
He was awarded a Silver Star Medal posthumously for his actions on the day he was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy