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Personal info

Full name
POPOWCHAK, John
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35312757
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Cannon Company,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dieulouard, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 26

Immediate family

Members
Fedor Popowchak (father)
Tekla (Hromoga) Popowchak (mother)
Mary Popowchak (sister)
Anna Popowchak (sister)
Helen O. Popowchak (sister)
Michael F. Popowchak (brother)
Pauline Popowchak (sister)
Rosalie Popowchak (sister)

More information

Pfc John Popowchak attended Lincoln High School for two years and was employed at Martin Brothers Electric Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 7 July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Schmidt Family Tree / Indiana Birth Certificates, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S.