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Personal info

Full name
PIKA, James Joseph
Date of birth
8 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Baltimore City, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore City, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33896694
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nütheim, Southeast of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 6

Immediate family

Members
Joseph L. Pika (father)
Eva Pika (mother)
Eva J. Pika (sister)

More information

Pvt James J. Pika enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 29 September 1943.

He is remembered at the Saint Stanislaus Cemetery in Baltimore City, Maryland.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett / dianne p