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Personal info

Full name
BASTUK, Nick
Date of birth
4 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Edenville, Midland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36150173
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 10 24

Immediate family

Members
Frank Bastuk (father)
Elizabeth (Tyslicki) Bastuk (mother)
Katy (Sopiak) Bastuk (stepmother)
Steve Bastuk (brother)
Peter Bastuk (brother)
John Bastuk (brother)
Walter Bastuk (brother)
Frances Bastuk (half sister)

More information

T/5 Nick Bastuk enlisted in Saginaw, Michigan on 7 January 1941.

Nick's mother died in 1927 and his father remarried shortly after.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, Susan Linton, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton - Saginaw News 20 January 1941