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Personal info

Full name
HREHOCIK, John William
Date of birth
21 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Glassport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33893216
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
Neumarkt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 32 33

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Hrehocik (father)
Mary (Procz) Hrehocik (mother)
Emma Hrehocik (sister)
Andrew Hrehocik (brother)
Mary Ann Hrehocik (sister)
Joseph E. Hrehocik (brother)
Michael A. Hrehocik (brother)
Rose Hrehocik (sister)

More information

Pvt John W. Hrehocik attended high school for four years and worked as a molder before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 4 October 1944.

According to the WWII Hospital Admission Card File, Pvt Hrehocik was shot in the stomach.

His parents emigrated from Czechoslowakia.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.e-yearbook - Glassport High School 1943