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Personal info

Full name
MIHALIC, Steve Joseph
Date of birth
22 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio
Hometown
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
350025214
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 16 16

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Mihalic (father)
Julia M. Mihalic (mother)
Joseph Mihalic (brother)
Mary Mihalic (sister)
Frank Mihalic (brother)
John Mihalic (brother)
Anthony Mihalic (brother)
William Mihalic (brother)

More information

Cpl. Steve J. Mihalic attended Clearview High School and worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps in Montana.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 23 June 1941.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet