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Personal info

Full name
BALUTSKI, John
Date of birth
19 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Sesser, Franklin County, Illinois
Hometown
Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33608773
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 9 28

Immediate family

Members
Frank Balutski (father)
Sallie (Sogudinosky) Balutski (mother)
Stanley Balutski (brother)
Mary Balutski (sister)
Albert J. Balutski (brother)
Mike Balutski (brother)
Helen Balutski (sister)

More information

Pfc John Balutski was employed at the Liberty Silk Mill, In Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.

He enlisted at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 13 August 1943 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Records, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, www.newspapers.com - The Wilkes-Barre Record - 2 and 5 April 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News - 31 March 1945