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Personal info

Full name
KRAINOVICH, Nicholas "Nick"
Date of birth
3 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cicero, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36651794
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Woods of Best, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 15 22

Immediate family

Members
Michael Krainovich (father)
Dorothy Krainovich (mother)
Sophia Krainovich (sister)
Mildred Krainovich (sister)
George Krainovich (brother)
Milan Krainovich (brother)
Peter Krainovich (bother)

Biography

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More information

Pvt Nicholas Krainovich attended Bowen High School in Chicago, Illinois.

His brother Milan Krainovich was killed in action in 1952 in the Korean War, serving with the U.S. Marines.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Twan van Leeuwen, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Bowen High School Yearbook 1943