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Personal info

Full name
FINIK, Martin
Date of birth
7 November 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Butler County, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
33362368
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Aegidienberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 2 33

Immediate family

Members
Michel Finik (father)
Julia Finik (mother)
Wallace Finik (brother)
Irene Finik (sister)
John Finik (brother)
Toney Finik (brother)
Andrew Finik (brother)
Harry Finik (brother)
Blanche M. Finik (wife)

More information

Pfc Martin Finik enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 9 April 1942.

He worked in a metal factory before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, William Finik (nephew), www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications WWII / WWII Enlistment Record, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet