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Personal info

Full name
SKURNIT, Rudolph
Date of birth
16 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Yukon, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36883361
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 15 51

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Skurnit (father)
Mary Skurnit (mother)
John Skurnit (brother)
Alex Skurnit (brother)
Zolphie Skurnit (sister)
Walter Skurnit (brother)
Anthony Skurnit (brother)
Pauline Skurnit (sister)
Mary Skurnit (sister)
Lena (Laws) Skurnit (wife)

More information

Pvt Rudolph Skurnit was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle, Belgium on Block PP, Row 9, Grave 174.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Michigan, Marriage Records / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet