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Personal info

Full name
BRIFNEK, John Jr
Date of birth
21 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Ottawa County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36471306
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Harz Mountains, East of Osterode, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 3 7

Immediate family

Members
John Brifnek (father)
Magdalena (Hefler) Brifnek (mother)
Lena Brifnek (sister)
Joseph Brifnek (brother)
Anna Brifnek (sister)
Stephen M. Brifnek (brother)
Marian Brifnek (sister)
Elizabeth Brifnek (sister)
Betty Brifnek (sister)
Nicholas Brifnek (brother)
Mary A. (Maierhauser) Brifnek (wife)
Joan Brifnek (daughter)
John Brifnek (son)

More information

Pvt John Brifnek Jr. enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 25 July 1944.

At the time he entered the service, he was employed at the Challenge Machinery Co.

He had been hospitalized in France for four weeks with frozen feet.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, Herrick District Library, Holland, Michigan Library - Michigan Obituaries
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Fred, Carol Glide (niece) and Lacey Cook (grandniece)