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Personal info

Full name
DEMKO, Michael
Date of birth
25 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Monessen, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Monessen, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33705394
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
254th Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
Jebsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 33 23

Immediate family

Members
John Demko (father)
Mary (Gadzik) Demko (mother)
John Demko Jr. (brother)

More information

Pvt Michael Demko was employed at the Pittsburgh Steel Company before he enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 30 December 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania WWII Veteran Compensation Application Files / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com, 1930 US Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy