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Personal info

Full name
PASTULA, Leo Michael
Date of birth
5 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33587297
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
B Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 4 4

Immediate family

Members
Michael J. Pastula (father)
Josephine Pastula (mother)
Martha (Kasper) Pastula (stepmother)
Nelie Pastula (sister)
Angela Pastula (sister)
Sofia Pastula (sister)
Josephine Pastula (sister)
Helen Pastula (sister)
Joseph Pastula (brother)
Michael Pastula (brother)
Raymond Gutoski (stepbrother)
Edward Gutoski (stepbrother)
John Gutoski (stepbrother)

More information

Pvt Leo M. Pastula enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 24 February 1943 and had been overseas since October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com – 11thacrkia, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Veteran Compansation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Wilkes-Barre Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet