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Bartkus, Vincent, J.

Date of birth:
March 12th, 1919 (Chicago/Illinois, United States)
Date of death:
August 26th, 1967
Service number:
36 359 610
Nationality:
American

Biography

Staff Sergeant Vincent J. Bartkus served with Company E, 377th Infantry Regiment.

Career:
July 16th, 1942: entering service Camp Grant, Illinois;
August 9th, 1944 - February 3rd, 1945: Europe;
May 2nd, 1945: honorable discharge

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Company E, 2nd Battalion, 377th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division "Iron Men of Metz", U.S. Army
Awarded for a wound received on November 9th, 1944.
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Company E, 2nd Battalion, 377th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division "Iron Men of Metz", U.S. Army

Awarded with a campaign star for "GERMANY" campaign.
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Sources

  • Photo 1: Geri Pocilujko
  • - Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge

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