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Personal info

Full name
PRAZNIK, John Joseph
Date of birth
23 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35918382
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 14 45

Immediate family

Members
John Praznik (father)
Annie (Znidarsic) Praznik (mother)
George Plesha (stepfather)
Anna Praznik (sister)
Frank Praznik (brother)
George Plesha (half-brother)
Hermina Plesha (half-sister)
Rose Plesha (half-sister)

More information

Sgt John J. Praznik attended East Technical High School and was employed at Huron Portland Cement Company before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 9 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet