Iosif Kuklinski was born in Romanovka, Ukraine (USSR), 1906 to Matvey Mordukh and Bronya Brayna. Prior to WWII he lived in Zaporozhye, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Iosif was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Sinelnikovo, Ukraine (USSR), 02/10/1941.
Large numbers of Jewish soldiers serving in the Allied military forces, many of them in the Soviet army, were killed in combat or died of battle wounds.