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Personal info

Full name
STEPAS, Salvatore Joseph
Date of birth
6 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31341356
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Hatzenport, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 97

Immediate family

Members
Harry Stepas (father)
Tillie (Gertz) Stepas (mother)
Walter Stepas (brother)
Jennie Stepas (sister)
Michael Stepas (brother)
Sophie Stepas (sister)
Barbara Stepas (sister)

More information

Pfc Salvatore J. Stepas was employed by the Underwood Typewriter Company before he enlisted in February 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wedding Gift Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com – Hartford Courant Connecticut - 5 April 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten