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Personal info

Full name
BRIERCHECK, John Paul
Date of birth
1 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33704642
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 34 9

Immediate family

Members
John J. Briercheck (father)
Rose Briercheck (mother)
Edythe Briercheck (sister)
Charles Briercheck (brother)
Donald Briercheck (brother)
Anna B. (Duval) Briercheck (wife)
Johan Briercheck (son)

More information

S/Sgt John P. Briercheck attended college before he enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 20 November 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census

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