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Personal info

Full name
BARICH, John Andrew
Date of birth
9 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36695728
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vagney, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 39 10

Immediate family

Members
Michael Barich (father)
Antoinette (Marinovich) Barich (mother)
Katherine P. (Heitman) Barich (wife)

More information

S/Sgt John A. Barich was killed by small arms fire to the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S.Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy