Cpl. Willard John Werstovshek
Born: 12 December 1913 – Chicago, Illinois
Parents: Anthone Werstovshek & Emily Kulle-Werstovshek
Siblings: 2 sisters, 2 brothers
Home:
– 1103 South Circle Avenue – Forest Park, Illinois
– resided in Pontiac, Michigan
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
– Camp Haan, California
– anti-aircraft battery
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
