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Personal info

Full name
LANSKY, Raymond Joseph
Date of birth
15 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35066832
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 6 42

Immediate family

Members
Joseph L. Lansky (father)
Ruth C. (Rezac) Lansky (mother)
Lawrence R. Lansky (brother)
Katherine Lansky (sister)

More information

Pvt Raymond J. Lansky attended high school for three years before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 19 June 1943.
He was taken prisoner of war and died in Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Klaameyer Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Cleveland Ohio