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Personal info

Full name
BORCINA, John Martin
Date of birth
29 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32619753
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
27th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Behind Hotel du Moulin
Ligneuville, Ardennes, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 10 31

Immediate family

Members
David Borcina (father)
Jane Borcina (mother)
David Borcina (brother)
Dorothy Borcina (sister)
George Borcina (brother)
Ethel Borcina (sister)

More information

Together with seven of his comrades, he was executed by members of Kampfgruppe Peiper of the 1st SS Panzer Division, Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. They were all shot in the head. A monument, right next to the hotel, commemorates them.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.strijdbewijs.nl, www.bklyn.newspaper.com - Brooklyn Daily Eagle 24 March 1945, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / WWII Draft Cards, KIA-MIA Project

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.strijdbewijs.nl