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Personal info

Full name
MASEK, Martin Joseph
Date of birth
15 November 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Ulysses, Butler County, Nebraska
Hometown
Butler County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37034351
Rank
Corporal
Function
Tank Gunner
Unit
34th Tank Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 14 31

Immediate family

Members
John A. Masek (father)
Rosa Masek (mother)
Helen Masek (sister)
Agnes Masek (sister)
Fredrick Masek (brother)
Mary Masek (sister)
Marcella Masek (sister)
Alice Masek (sister)
John Masek (brother)
Genevieve Masek (wife)
Charles D. L. Masek (son)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1930/1940 Census

Photo source: Siem Voogt, www.ancestry.com - Jennifer Kuncl