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Personal info

Full name
KAPUSTA, George Raymond
Date of birth
27 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Bitumen, Clinton county, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35300176
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
Along east side of road after the road has curved somewhat left, just south of Hutten
South of Hutten, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 8 4

Immediate family

Members
George Kapusta (father)
Mary Kapusta (mother)
Joseph Kapusta (brother)
Mary Kapusta (sister)
Louis Kapusta (brother)
Annie Kapusta (sister)
John Kapusta (brother)
Ruth Kapusta (sister)

More information

T/Sgt George R. Kapusta graduated from Chaney High school in Youngstown and was a statistical clerk or compiler at a steel mill.

He enlisted on 30 March 1942 in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census / World War II Army Enlistment Records / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/7adeaths-loc.htm, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/7adeaths-loc.htm - nephew George Kapusta