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Personal info

Full name
PINAR, John T
Date of birth
9 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Delta County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36184903
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 28 43

Immediate family

Members
Walter J. Pinar (father)
Catherine J. (Delich) Pinar (mother)
Anthony F. Pinar (brother)
Anna M. Pinar (sister)
Nicholas J. Pinar (brother)
Mildred J. Pinar (sister)
Mary J. Pinar (sister)
Joseph W. Pinar (brother)
Edward Pinar (brother)

More information

Pvt John T. Pinar was employed by the I. Stephenson retail company.

He enlisted in Traverse City, Michigan on 7 July 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

The last letter received from him by his parents was postmarked 26 November, the day he was reported killed in action. Another letter received by his brother was dated in Pfc Pinar's handwriting as 28 November, two days after he was reported killed in France. Presumably, however, this letter was postdated.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bernesser Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, www.newspapers.com - The Escanaba Daily Press

Photo source: The Escanaba Daily Press 14 December 1944