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Personal info

Full name
KRUSIENSKI, Theodore "Ted"
Date of birth
18 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36286842
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Bannholz woods, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 100

Immediate family

Members
John Krusienski (father)
Agnes (Kiersztyn) Krusienski (mother)
Louise Krusienski (sister)
Edmund Krusienski (brother)
Verna Krusienski (sister)

More information

T/5 Theodore Krusienski attended college for four years and was a track laborer at the Chicago and North Western Railroad before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 30 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

He is also remembered at the Graceland Cemetery in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Krause Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Nadeen Sobothka / Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nadeen Sobothka