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Personal info

Full name
STRAKA, Elmer Stephen
Date of birth
28 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bridgeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bridgeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13188740
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Rimling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 34 11

Immediate family

Members
John Straka (father)
Rose (Eisenbarth) Straka (mother)
Eugene B. Straka (brother)

More information

Pfc Elmer S. Straka attended high school for four years before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 22 December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Armstrong Rainbolt Coy Family Tree, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
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