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Personal info

Full name
ADAMKO, John
Date of birth
2 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32237155
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
In the Vosges area, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 20 34

Immediate family

Members
Nicholas Adamko (father)
Annie Adamko (mother)
William Adamko (brother)
Mary Adamko (sister)
Theodore Adamko (brother)

More information

Sgt John Adamko was a plumber.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 13 December 1943.

He was reported wounded in action in Italy on 8 December 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, https://36th-id.frb.io , www.newspapers.com - The Daily Record 17 October 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight Anderson / Bobby