Werstovshek

Born: 12 December 1913

Parents: Anthone Werstovshek & Emily Kulle-Werstovshek

Siblings: 2 sisters, 2 brothers

Home:

- 1103 South Circle Avenue - Forest Park, Illinois

Education:

- Field Stevenson School

- Proviso Township High School

- Class of 1933

- left school before graduating

Occupation: salesman - Pontiac Varnish Company

Inducted:

- U.S. Army

- 19 February 1941

- inducted Oakland County, Michigan

Serial Number: 36102802

Training:

- March Army Airfield - Riverside, California

- transferred to infantry

- Camp Howze - Gainesville, Texas

Unit: 410th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division

Engagements:

- landed in southern France - October 1944

Killed in Action:

- 24 November 1944 - Lusse, France

- hit by enemy fire as he attempted to throw a hand grenade into an enemy held building

Buried:

- Epinal American Cemetery - Epinal (Vosges), France

- Plot: 44 Row: 44 Grave: 19

Medals:

- Purple Heart

- Silver Star