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Personal info

Full name
ISKI, John Steve
Date of birth
22 October 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Lorain County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35044281
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 1 7

Immediate family

Members
John S. Iski (father)
Mary (Troska) Iski (mother)
Steve Iski (brother)
Elizabeth Iski (sister)
Elizabeth J. (Holp) Iski (wife)

More information

Pfc John S. Iski enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 20 March 1942.

He attended high school for 3 years and was employed at National Tube Company.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card


Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery