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Personal info

Full name
SVETEK, Louis
Date of birth
25 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Ely, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Chester, Geauga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35009946
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stockem-Schankweiler, west of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 2 11

Immediate family

Members
John Svetek (father)
Marion Svetek (mother)
John Svetek (brother)
Annie Svetek (sister)
Joe Svetek (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Louis Svetek graduated from Mayfield Heights High School and was employed at Warner & Swasey Company.



He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 14 February 1941. He served in Iceland for 18 months before being sent to Ireland and then to England.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Cleveland Press - 6 January 1943 / 20 March 1945

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