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Personal info

Full name
PISKLA, Paul Edward
Date of birth
26 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Prince George County, Virginia
Hometown
Norfolk, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33543449
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 100

Immediate family

Members
Paul Piskla (father)
Margaret I. (Yandrik) Piskla (mother)
Lillian Piskla (sister)
Emily Piskla (sister)
Milton C. Piskla (brother)
Anne Piskla (Seymour) (half-sister)

More information

Pvt Paul Piskla attended Hopewell High School.

He enlisted at Fort Meade, Maryland on 6 November 1943.

Source of information: AndrĂ© Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, https://www7tharmddiv.org

Photo source:
www.ancestry.com - World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945