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Personal info

Full name
DONACIK, Eugene J
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Lackawanna, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42112509
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lauterbach-Ludweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 33 10

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Doncik (father)
Rose Donacik (mother)
Florence J. Donacik (sister)
Jerome Donacik (brother)
Alice Donacik (sister)

More information

Pvt Eugene J. Donacik enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 31 March 1944.
He was a repair machinist before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, , www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census, U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

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