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Personal info

Full name
KULAK, Theodore Edward
Date of birth
12 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15014291
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 28 25

Immediate family

Members
Frank Kulak (father)
Mary (Przydzial) Kulak (mother)
Steve Kulak (brother)
Joe Kulak (brother)
Marion Kulak (sister)
Stella Kulak (sister)
Lottie Kulak (sister)
Betty Kulak (sister)
Chester Kulak (brother)

More information

Pvt Theodore E. Kulak graduated from Lincoln High School and was a sales clerk at a company that produced soda fountains.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Hayes, Columbus Ohio on 21 October 1940.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax and abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com