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Personal info

Full name
FOUSEK, Lewis John
Date of birth
8 October 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Ocheyedan, Osceola County, Iowa
Hometown
Ocheyedan, Osceola County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37198907
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Luneville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 5

Immediate family

Members
Thomas W. Fousek (father)
Anna B. (Marek) Fousek (mother)
Charles T. Fousek (brother)

More information

Sgt Lewis J. Fousek worked on his own farm before he enlisted at Fort Des Moines, Iowa on 18 June 1942.

He is also remembered at the Saint Andrews Catholic Cemetery in Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton / 48867749
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / 48867749