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Personal info

Full name
MARCEK, John
Date of birth
18 December 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Collier, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33480722
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 22 21

Immediate family

Members
Mary M. Marcek (sister)

More information

S/Sgt John Marcek enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 9 January 1943.
His initial burial took place on Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Photo source: Peter Schouteten