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Personal info

Full name
KRESKO, Stephen H
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37577963
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Courcelles-sur-Nied, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 36 36

Immediate family

Members
Marie Kresko (sister)
Ella M. Kresko (wife)

More information

Pvt Stephen H. Kresko was a floor walker at Envelope Co. before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

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

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