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Personal info

Full name
MEKRUIT, John
Date of birth
28 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Eleanor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Butler, Butler County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
33300612
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Medelsheim-Utweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 30 13

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Mekruit (father)
Mary. V. (Bembenek) Mekruit (mother)
Edward C. Mekruit (brother)
Frances Mekruit (sister)
Andrew Mekruit (brother)
Louis Mekruit (brother)
Stanley Mekruit (brother)
Wanda Mekruit (sister)
Genevieve Mekruit (sister)
Vada Mekruit (sister)
Josephine Mekruit (sister)
Mildred (Snyder) Mekruit (wife)
Patricia L. Mekruit (daughter)
Joan M. Mekruit (daughter)

More information

Pfc John Mekruit was a mechanic and employed by a WPA project.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 25 August 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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