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Personal info

Full name
RADUGA, John R
Date of birth
4 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35232126
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 81

Immediate family

Members
John G. Raduga (father)
Katherine (Kral) Raduga (mother)

More information

Pvt John R. Raduga enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 17 June 1943.

He attended the Wilson High School in Youngstown.

He was first buried in the Saint James Cemetery, Saint James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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