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Personal info

Full name
MANTALIS, Gus K
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
20630963
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 70

Immediate family

Members
George Mantalis (father)
Zaharo (Karamanos) Mantalis (mother)
Thomas Mantalis (brother)
Marie Mantalis (sister)
Peter Mantalis (brother)
Stella Mantalis (sister)
Steve Mantalis (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Gus K. Mantalis was a filer, grinder, buffer and metal polisher before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 14 January 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press, 13 March 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten