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Personal info

Full name
KUSHNER, George Thomas Jr
Date of birth
7 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Drifton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Freeland, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13157066
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Rümmelbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 68

Immediate family

Members
George T. Kushner Sr. (father)
Elizabeth (Boder) Kushner (mother)
Edward A. Kushner (brother)
Elizabeth D. Kushner (sister)
Rita M. Kushner (sister)

More information

Pfc George T. Kushner Jr. attended high school at the Mining and Mechanical Institute located in Freeland, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1941. He was awarded a scholarship to attend Lehigh University, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He studied electrical engineering.

He joined the National Guard while attending Lehigh University and was called to active duty on 14 June 1943. He was sent overseas on the S.S. Argentina on 27 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Laura Kushner (niece), www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Kushner Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Laura Kushner