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Personal info

Full name
POSTELLAK, Steve
Date of birth
31 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Farmington, Marion County, West Virginia
Hometown
Farmington, Marion County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35756622
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 1 14

Immediate family

Members
Pete Postellak (father)
Rose (Zeba) Postellak (mother)
Helen Postellak (sister)

More information

Pvt Steve Postellak attended high school for four years and was a miner and mining-operator at the Jamison Coal and Coke before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 18 June 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Richard Ledsome Family, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery