Louis Kreshtool
Last Name: Kreshtool
First Name: Louis
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Birthdate: June 28, 1914[1]
Birthplace: Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware [2]
Wilmington Residence: 2602 West 18th Street, Wilmington, DE Representative District 3. [3]
High School: Wilmington High School class of 1931[4]
Secondary School: University of Delaware; University of Pennsylvania; University of Maryland Dental School.[5]
Civilian Occupation Prior to Service: Student [6]
Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
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Service Duration: August 8, 1942 – January 24, 1946 [7]
Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Indiantown Gap, PA
Unit(s): Station Hospital; 482 Medical Hospital Ship Pl.
Rank(s): Lt.
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Military Occupation/Specialty: Dentist
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Of Interest: 8/17/42 - Description of service members being excited to embark to Greenland/British Isles and dramatic shift to army life;
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Discharge Date: January 24, 1946. [8]
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Death Date: December 10, 2005[9]
Death Place: Sarasota, Florida [10]
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Place of Burial: Beth Emeth Memorial Park, Faulkland, New Castle County, Delaware [11]
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First Letter to Mollye: 08/17/1942
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Later Work: In his obituary of December 22, 2005 in The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, it states, “Dr. Kreshtool practiced orthodontics in Wilmington for 50 years. He was president of the Delaware State Dental Society in 1953, the Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontics in 1964, and the Delaware State Board of Dental Examiners in 1968. He served on the American Board of Orthodontics and the American College of Dentists. He donated countless hours to the oral facial cleft palate clinic so that children who could not afford this care would also have beautiful smiles.” [12]
Date of Marriage: March 28, 1944[13]
Spouse Name: Marion Biloon Kreshtool[14]
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Spouse Birthdate: January 15, 1916[15]
Spouse Birthplace: New York City, NY, USA[16]
Spouse Death Date: October 16, 2006[17]
Spouse Death Place: Sarasota, Florida[18]
Name(s) of Children: Donald Jay Kreshtool; Barbara Kreshtool Anderson[19]
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Father's Name: Isadore Kapl Kreshtool[20]
Mother's Name: Bertha Goberman Kreshtool[21]
Birthplace of Father: Volynska, Ukraine[22]
Birthplace of Mother: Russia[23]
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- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161502108/louis-kreshtool
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRZP-Q12
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1265/images/43134_b200274-00027?treeid=&personid=&rc=&queryId=d2b7e16b-9b3d-4ed4-abc0-cb3f7827044e&usePUB=true&_phsrc=xgA526&_phstart=successSource&pId=356590094
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/164497118/
- ↑ "New York, New York City, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQHW-5P2M ), Entry for Louis Kreshtool, 16 Oct 1940.
- ↑ (US Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 18550-2010)
- ↑ (US Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 18550-2010)
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/164497118/
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161502108/louis-kreshtool?_gl=1*1h5q4rc*_gcl_au*MTU3NzcxNDE2MC4xNzIxNzQ5MzU4*_ga*MTc1MzkwMzk3OC4xNzIxNzQ5MzYw*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*ZWEwNDdmODEtMTkyNy00ZGE3LWExYzctMzM5MzE4NzgyZTJiLjI3LjEuMTcyMjk3NzE4My41Ny4wLjA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*ZWEwNDdmODEtMTkyNy00ZGE3LWExYzctMzM5MzE4NzgyZTJiLjI3LjEuMTcyMjk3NzE4My4wLjAuMA
- ↑ (The News Journal, Wilmington, DE, pg. 22) https://www.newspapers.com/image/164497118/
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/160472026/?match=1&terms=%22Marion%20Biloon%22
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161502102/marion-kreshtool?_gl=1*1sy34r1*_gcl_au*MTU3NzcxNDE2MC4xNzIxNzQ5MzU4*_ga*MTc1MzkwMzk3OC4xNzIxNzQ5MzYw*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MjJiZDJmODAtYjhiYS00ZjExLTg2YTQtMzU4NDk4MTM0MDdlLjI5LjEuMTcyMzAzODQ0MC41OS4wLjA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*MjJiZDJmODAtYjhiYS00ZjExLTg2YTQtMzU4NDk4MTM0MDdlLjI5LjEuMTcyMzAzODQ0MC4wLjAuMA
- ↑ US Social Security records
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/164277577/?article=d6f6abe8-0ec6-4fa5-91ab-8b49df07be51&terms=%22Marion%20Biloon%22
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153098138/isadore_kapl_kreshtool
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153098221/bertha_kreshtool
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153098138/isadore_kapl_kreshtool
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153098221/bertha_kreshtool