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Personal info

Full name
KOVASH, Michael Andrew
Date of birth
5 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Dilltown, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32223867
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Near Rauwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 40 15

Immediate family

Members
John P. Kovash (father)
Mary Kovash (mother)

More information

Pfc Michael A. Kovash was employed at the Leveton Manufacturing Company before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 6 March 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

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

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