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Personal info

Full name
POPOVITCH, George
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Vermont
Hometown
Rutland County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31066399
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Near Arracourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 86

Immediate family

Members
John Popovitch (father)
Mary Popovitch (mother)
Anna Popovitch (sister)
John Popovitch (brother)
Helen Popovitch (sister)
Charles Popovitch (brother)
Pauline Popovitch (sister)

More information

Pfc George Popovitch enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 18 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - 1942 Yearbook of the 37th Tank Regiment - Added by Silvano Theunissen