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Personal info

Full name
WARENYI, William Joseph
Date of birth
17 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
42175506
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Granterath-Hetzerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 3 4

Immediate family

Members
John Warenyi (father)
Antonia Warenyi (mother)
Anna Warenyi (sister)
Helen Warenyi (sister)

More information

Pfc William J. Warenyi attended Morris High School until 1944.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 21 July 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Anna Warenyi Shattuck Family