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Personal info

Full name
KASZELLKUS, Heinz V
Date of birth
29 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Köningsberg, Germany
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35922920
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Béchy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 38 22

Immediate family

Members
Edward Kaszellkus (father)
Minnie Kaszellkus (mother)

More information

Pvt Heinz V. Kaszellkus attended high school for three years and worked in a machine shop before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 1 December 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thDivision.com
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