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Personal info

Full name
PUSTAI, Marko Paul
Date of birth
30 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Hostetter, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hostetter, Wesmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33395612
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Kintzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 46 16

Immediate family

Members
Michael Pustai Sr. (father)
Frances C. (Miocenec) Pustai (mother)
Katie Pustai (sister)
Michael A. Pustai (brother)
Anna T. Pustai (sister)
Mary M. Pustai (sister)
Catherine Pustai (sister)
Joseph Pustai (brother)
Kathryn C. Pustai (sister)
Steve A. Pustai (brother)
Frances R. Pustai (sister)

More information

Pvt Marko P. Pustai enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 18 November 1942 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his shoulder.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – Latrobe Bulletin - 20 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy