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Personal info

Full name
YIANITSAS, John
Date of birth
1 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Revere, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31426194
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 13 28

Immediate family

Members
Stratis Yianitsas (father)
Emily Yianitsas (mother)

More information

Pvt John Yianitsas enlisted on 16 November 1943 at Boston, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: Peter Schouteten