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KULESIK, Bernard J - Date of
birth
15 September 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33709099 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
31 March 1945 - Place of
death
Halle, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Peter Kulesik (father)
More information
Bernard enlisted 16 November 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended high school for 1 year.He was taken prisoner of war on 16 December 1944 when his unit was located in the vicinity of Schönberg, Belgium.
He was killed during an Allied air raid on the city of Halle, Germany. The raid was very big and most of the city was demolished, resulting in more than 20,000 casualties. For weeks the dead were taken out of the buildings and buried in wooden boxes without any regard to nationality. Investigation after the war couldn't locate his grave.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, http://aad.archives.gov
Photo source: Astrid van Erp