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Personal info

Full name
ANTON, Yulek Sr
Date of birth
3 March 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
42108245
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fresnes, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 50 25

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Anton (father)
Victoria (Zavada) Anton (mother)
Stanley Anton (brother)
Mary Anton (sister)
Michael M. Anton (brother)
William Anton (brother)
Helen E. Anton (sister)
Helen (Delinsky) Anton (wife)
Betty Anton (daughter)
Richard Anton (son)
Thomas C. Anton (son)
Yulek Anton Jr. (son)
Ruth Anton (daughter)

More information

Pvt Yulek Anton enlisted in Fort Dix, New Jersey on 22 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

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 / Masters Vaughan Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Bernadette Tacinelli