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Personal info

Full name
GRAHAL, Steve S
Date of birth
22 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Bessemer, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33710188
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Birk - Bardenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 10 3

Immediate family

Members
Frank Grahal (father)
Mary Grahal (mother)
Stanley Grahal (brother)
Mary Grahal (sister)
John Grahal (brother)
Joseph Grahal (brother)
Frank P. Grahal (brother)
Josephine Grahal (sister)

More information

Pfc Steve S. Grahal attended Canonsburgh High School and was employed at the Canonsburg Steel and Iron Naval Ordnance plant.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 30 November 1943. He received his basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia and had been stationed overseas for about six months.

Both his parents were born in Poland.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Notes

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Iris Michalski