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Personal info

Full name
SURIK, Frank Anthony
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Bannister, Gratiot County, Michigan
Hometown
Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36534918
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
Rhade, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Surik (father)
Agnes (Bachraty) Surik (mother)
Josephine Surik (sister)
John Surik (brother)
Mary R. Surik (sister)
Charles Surik (brother)
Louis Surik (brother)
George Surik (brother)
Phyllis (Thomas) Surik (wife)
Roxanne Surik (daughter)

More information

Sgt Frank A. Surik was employed by Ford Motor Co and Gar Wood Boat plans before he enlisted on November 1941. He was the son of immigrants from Czechoslovakia.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred - Frank Kim