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Personal info

Full name
KESTELOOT, Albert J
Date of birth
17 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Gratiot County, Michigan
Hometown
Brengal, Clinton County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36897014
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Corny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 82

Immediate family

Members
Camiel Kesteloot (father)
Margaret (De Clerq) Kesteloot (mother)
Margaritte Kesteloot (sister)

More information

Pvt Albert J. Kesteloot worked on his parents farm before he enlisted in February 1944.

His parents were both born in Gits, Belgium and arrived in the U.S.A. in 1912.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Lopez- Ashcroft – Kowalski Lineage, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Dan Phelan