Killed in action near Gouesnou on 9 August 1944, during the assault on fortress Brest.

 

Source: Battlefield Brest Remembered

 

 

Joseph Lakatos

Private First Class, U.S. Army

44th Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division

Entered the Service From: 

Service #: 

Date of Death: August 9, 1944

Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery ,Detroit

Wayne County, Michigan, USA

Plot: Section 11, Lot 313, Space 1

Awards: Purple Heart