Sergeant Rafael Balasz was born in Siedlce,Lublin,Poland, Poland, 1909 to Józef. During the war he was in the Polish armed forces. Sergeant Balasz was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: <> (Grenzmark Posen-Westpreussen),Pomerania,Germany, Germany, 12/02/1945.
Among the Jewish soldiers killed in WWII, especially in the Red Army, tens of thousands were singled out and murdered as Jews while in captivity as prisoners of war.