Rank: Private
Unit: Troop B, 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Entered service: 24-Feb-1943
Enlisted: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Enlisted by: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Date of birth: 5-Nov-1922
Hometown: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Marital status: Single, without dependents. Father: Michael J Pastula
Campaign: World War II
Date of casualty: 10-Jan-1945
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Killed in action.
Location of fatality: Linnich, Germany
Place of interment: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
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