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Personal info

Full name
FARKAS, Gabriel
Date of birth
1 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Sykesville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33437962
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
East of Leintrey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 40

Immediate family

Members
Frank Farkas (father)
Elizabeth Farkas (mother)
Mary Farkas (sister)
Frank Farkas Jr. (brother)
Evelyn Farkas (sister)
Ralph Farkas (brother)
Elizabeth Farkas (sister)

More information

Sgt Gabriel Farkas attended high school for one year and was a construction foreman before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 23 February 1943.
He was killed by a land mine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy