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Personal info

Full name
PLANSTER, John Joseph
Date of birth
8 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33467072
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
385th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 2 3

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Planster (father)
Agnes M. (Meskinis) Planster (mother)
Joseph Planster (brother)
Pauline Planster (sister)
Alberta Planster (sister)
Edna Planster (sister)
Anna Planster (sister)

More information

Sgt John J. Planster worked for Joseph Lipton, Sanitary House and Window Cleaning Co before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 9 November 1942.

The family surname was originally Plocktis but was changed after 1936.
Sgt. Planster's brother, Pvt. Joseph J. Planster, was killed in France and is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Record, WWII Draft Card, 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten