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Personal info

Full name
TOMIK, John J
Date of birth
19 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Binghamton, Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
42121351
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Köln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 8 3

Immediate family

Members
John J. Tomik (father)
Anna (Jetelina) Tomik (mother)
Anthony Tomik (brother)
Elizabeth Tomik (sister)
Rosa Tomik (sister)
Henry R. Tomik (brother)
William Tomik (brother)
Anthony Tomik (brother)
Josephine Tomik (sister)
Michael Tomik (brother)
Margaret Tomik (sister)
Blanche G. Tomik (wife)

More information

Pfc Tomik was employed at a Binghamton bakery before he enlisted on 19 February 1944. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He had returned to active duty only a few days before after he had spent four months in hospitals after being wounded in action on 20 September 1944.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, After Action Report 36th Arm Inf Reg 3rd Arm Div November 1944 thru April 1945, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veterans Death File / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin