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Personal info

Full name
LOYACK, John A
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33608744
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Near Budling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 26 17

Immediate family

Members
George Loyack (father)
Mary (Surack) Loyack (mother)
Andrew J. Loyack (brother)
Michael Loyack (brother)
Jacob Loyack (brother)
Stephen Loyack (brother)
Agnes Loyack (sister)

More information

Sgt John A. Loyack attended high school for 4 years and was a bookkeeper and cashier before he enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 22 July 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Gillis Family Tree, http://www.usarmydatadepot.com/composition_de_la_357th_inf_reg_de_la_90th_id_6424.htm
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