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Personal info

Full name
MONYOK, Stephen
Date of birth
23 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Munhall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Munhall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33140095
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Alspach – Orbey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 25 30

Immediate family

Members
Stephen Monyok (father)
Anna Monyok (mother)
Helen Monyok (sister)
John Monyok (brother)
George Palyocik (stepfather)
George Palyocik (half-brother)
Joseph Palyocik (half-brother)
Agnes Palyocik (half-sister)
Jean Palyocik (half-sister)

More information

Pvt Stephen Monyok was a routeman, employed by the Great Homestead Bakery.

He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 11 February 1942 and was sent overseas on 8 January 1944.

Pvt Monyok was reported wounded in action in August 1944 by small arms fire in the forearm. In September 1944 he was reported wounded in action by an artillery shell fragment in his chin. His wound got infected and he had to stay in the hospital till November.

On 8 January 1945 he was killed in action by artillery shell fragments in the face.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph - 10 September 1943