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Personal info

Full name
PANEK, Raymond Joseph
Date of birth
29 December 1911
Age
32
Place of birth
Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa
Hometown
Silvis, Rock Island County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36761862
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Near Wissembourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 43 2

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Panek (father)
Luella A. (Vine) Panek (mother)
Floyd L. Panek (brother)
Joe Panek (brother)
Peggy I. (Monroe) Panek (wife)
JoAnn Monroe (stepdaughter)

More information

Pvt Raymond J. Panek was employed by the City Ice and Fuel Company in his hometown.

He enlisted 10 August 1943, and went overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Taylor Family Tree / Iowa Marriage Records / Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Records, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – The Daily Times Iowa 23 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Dispatch 22 December 1944