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Personal info

Full name
RUSKEY, William Jr
Date of birth
27 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Louilia, Monroe County, Iowa
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36019228
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Freckeisen - Christnach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 34

Immediate family

Members
William E. Ruskey (father)
Agnes M. (Stevens) Ruskey (mother)
James E. Ruskey (brother)
Betty J. Ruskey (sister)
Bernard R. Ruskey (brother)
Joan (Puchalski) Ruskey (wife)

More information

Pfc William Ruskey Jr. joined the Regular Army in Chicago, Cook County Illinois on 11 April 1941.
He attended 3 years of high school and was a painter at the Interstate Cabinet Works in Chicago, before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa Birth Records / Several Family Trees, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery